Britain's former Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was "appalled and horrified" that fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi remains in the UK despite her signing his extradition order in 2021. Patel claimed the delay strained UK-India ties, alleging New Delhi resisted accepting illegal Indian migrants because London failed to extradite the PNB scam accused.
Britain's former Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she was "appalled and horrified" that fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi remains in the United Kingdom despite her signing his extradition order to India in 2021, after a court found a prima facie case against him.
Speaking on The Daily Telegraph's podcast, Patel alleged that New Delhi has been reluctant to accept thousands of illegal Indian migrants from the UK because London has failed to extradite Modi, who is wanted in India to face trial on fraud and money laundering charges linked to the estimated $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam.
The Indian-origin Conservative MP, who currently serves as the party's shadow foreign secretary, further claimed that Indian authorities are "hugely angry" over the British government's inability to extradite the businessman accused in one of India's biggest banking fraud cases.
"If our system were judicious and doing the right thing, rather than tying itself up in process and excuses, he should not be in this country," Patel was quoted as saying.
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