Congress: How is Nirav Modi on travel spree using a revoked passport?

Congress on June 14 accused the Modi Govt of being a ‘mute spectator’ while “Nirav Modi fleeces, escapes and flies freely” using a passport that was reportedly revoked by Ministry of External Affairs

Photo by Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint via Getty Images
Photo by Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint via Getty Images
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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and “absconding accused in India’s ‘Biggest Bank Loot Scam’” Nirav Modi was on a travel spree using a passport that was revoked by the Ministry of External Affairs.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.

Congress asks five questions to Modi Govt on Nirav Modi’s travel

  1. Nirav Modi fled India on January 1, and was then photographed as part of the Business Delegation at the World Economic Forum from January 23-26, 2018, in a group photograph with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The MEA only revoked his passport on February 24, 2018. Why did it take 54 days to revoke his passport? Was the Modi Govt aiding and abetting the escape of Nirav Modi and facilitating his escape to the farthest point from India’s shores?
  2. Even as Nirav Modi shifted all his dummy directors from Hong Kong to Cairo and travelled conveniently from Hong Kong to UK to seek political asylum, the Modi Govt remained a mute spectator. This happened at the same time when PM Modi was visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping. Why?
  3. The Interpol says that Nirav Modi travelled using Indian passport, post its ‘revocation’—then how did the Immigration authorities and exit points remain unaware of this?
  4. Banks are bleeding incurring huge losses of more than Rs 87,500 Cr in FY18. Banking Sector is paralysed. Are people increasingly losing trust in the Banking System and therefore not depositing their Savings, thus adversely affecting the economy. Who is responsible for this mess?
  5. Crony capitalism has been the hallmark of the Modi government’s economic track record. RBI, has exposed Modi Government’s lie and has blamed the internal workings of the PSU Bank Boards appointed by them as the real cause of frauds. Will the BJP Govt now accept its grave highhandedness and bring the fraudsters within the Banking System to book?

With IANS inputs

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