December 02, 2025 2:15 pm
The ED’s list of loan fraud accused runs long and includes, prominently, Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Jatin Mehta, among others. Like the Sandesaras, they left the country just before loan fraud charges were registered against them.
December 01, 2025 10:49 pm
The government told Parliament that 15 fugitive economic offenders collectively owe ₹58,082 crore to public sector banks, including principal and interest.
October 18, 2025 2:06 am
The Court of Appeal is learnt to have said that Choksi’s arrest by Belgian authorities on India’s request was valid
October 04, 2025 8:41 pm
Nirav Modi had approached a UK court with a plea to reopen his extradition trial, reportedly claiming that he would be subjected to interrogation by multiple agencies if extradited to India.
August 08, 2025 7:26 pm
Mehta was named an accused in the supplementary chargesheet submitted before the court by the CBI in July, with the agency claiming that he played an active role in the conspiracy along with the other accused.
July 06, 2025 2:00 am
The US Department of Justice informed the Indian authorities that Nehal Modi was arrested on Friday. The arrest comes following a joint request by the ED and CBI.
June 20, 2025 11:02 am
A plea to declare Nirav Modi a fugitive economic offender is also pending.
May 23, 2025 5:18 am
This was the tenth time Modi had applied for bail since his detention in the extradition case to India to face charges in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering scam amounting to Rs 6,498 crore.
May 18, 2025 7:39 pm
There are three sets of criminal proceedings against Nirav Modi in India
May 16, 2025 10:24 am
Along with his uncle Mehul Choksi, diamond merchant Nirav Modi is wanted by the CBI and ED for cheating the Punjab National Bank of around Rs 13,500 crore.
December 25, 2018 7:31 am
From Urjit Patel's resignation to the demise of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 2018 has been an eventful year. Here is a recap of the year in photographs
June 22, 2020 6:16 pm
The fugitive jeweller has spoken about the allegations against him for the first time. Mehul Choksi claimed that he tried to revoke the suspension of his passport with the Indian authorities.
June 22, 2020 6:22 pm
The number of bank officers arrested or facing charges for being involved with bad loans has gone up five times in the last four months. Here’s the #NewsInNumbers. See more: https://bit.ly/2IM1j4c

