Former Union Minister and Congress leader Rajeev Shukla in a press statement issued on June 14 sought to know how fugitive Indian businessman and “absconding accused in India’s ‘Biggest Bank Loot Scam’” Nirav Modi was on a travel spree using a passport that was revoked by the Ministry of External Affairs.
Shukla accused the Modi Government of being a ‘mute spectator’ while "Nirav Modi fleeces, escapes and flies freely", and he sought a reply from MEA on how Nirav Modi managed to travel using a revoked passport.
"Even as the Modi Government has been caught snoozing, Chhota Modi-2 i.e 'Nirav Modi, the absconding accused in India's 'biggest bank loot scam' is on a travel spree using a 'revoked passport' by the Ministry of External Affairs," said former Union Minister Rajeev Shukla.
Nirav Modi, his wife, brother and uncle fled the country before the Punjab National Bank complained against their companies, saying it had been cheated through fraudulent issue of Letters of Undertakings (LoUs) and Foreign Letters of Credit (FLCs).
The Interpol has written a letter to investigative agencies stating that despite the revocation of his passport, Nirav Modi travelled three countries on four different dates—March 15, March 28, March 30 and March 31, Shukla disclosed.
Shukla said: "On February 24, the MEA revoked the passports of Nirav Modi, promoter of Gitanjali Group, after he failed to respond to a February 16 notice issued by the Ministry, asking them to showcause why their passports should not be impounded or revoked. The Interpol says that Nirav Modi travelled using Indian passport, post his 'revocation'—then how did the Immigration authorities and exit points remain unaware of this. Now it is crystal clear that Modi is saving another Modi! Now the question is, whether one Modi is supporting the other," he said.
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