Waiting for Nirav Modi's response to notice on revocation of passport: MEA

February 22, 2018 21:50

The ministry of external affairs said on Thursday it is still awaiting a response to the notification sent to absconding Indian businessman Nirav Modi, involved in the $1.8 billion Punjab National Bank fraud, seeking an explanation as to why his passport should not be revoked.

Briefing the media in New Delhi, external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that with the receipt of the notification, Modi is bound to reply within a stipulated time to the notice and the charges that have been explained to him.

If he replies, then we go through that and if we dont find it satisfactory, then of course the passport is revoked, Kumar said. If he does not reply, then again the same thing happens. So we are now waiting for him to respond on the notice which has been sent to him.

Stating that such notifications are sent to addresses or emails, he said that in this particular case the notification has been sent to an email in India that Modi has shared with the authorities.

After the fraud came to light earlier this month, MEA on February 16 suspended the passports of Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, who have fled the country.

On the advice of the Enforcement Directorate, the passport issuing authority in the Ministry of External Affairs has today suspended the validity of passports of Nirav Deepak Modi and Mehul Chinubhai Choksi with immediate effect for a period of four weeks u/s 10(A) of the Passports Act 1967, the ministry said in a statement.

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