<span style="color: #222222;">In the UK, a court today remanded fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi to further custody till May 24th. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The court was hearing his extradition case in connection with the 13,500-crore rupees Punjab National Bank fraud. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was arrested last month and is currently lodged in a  prison in London. He appeared before the Westminster Magistrates' Court via videolink from jail. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The hearing on May 24 will be a procedural one to meet the 28-day timeline for judicial custody in such cases in UK. The case will then proceed to a full case management hearing where Modi will be produced in person.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span>