PNB scam accused Nirav Modi's bail rejected for third time
India TodayThe bail plea of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi was rejected for third time on Wednesday by a United Kingdom court, where he is undergoing extradition proceedings to India in the Punjab National Bank fraud and money laundering charges amounting to up to $ 2 billion. The 48-year-old, who has been behind bars at Wandsworth prison in south-west London since his arrest on March 19, appeared before Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London for his third bail plea but was rejected. Nirav Modi's lawyers argued that their client was accused in "a white collar case and the rate of absconding in such cases was incredibly low. However, the Crown Prosecution Service, representing the Indian agencies, alleged that Nirav Modi should not be granted bail as he could destroy evidence.