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CBI Secures Deportation of Nirav Modi Aide Sandeep Mistry from UAE in PNB Fraud Case
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Firstpost•30-09-2026, 13:47
CBI Secures Deportation of Nirav Modi Aide Sandeep Mistry from UAE in PNB Fraud Case
- •The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) secured the deportation of Sandeep Mistry from the UAE in connection with the broader PNB fraud investigation.
- •Mistry, wanted under an Interpol Red Notice, is accused of managing day-to-day affairs of entities linked to the financial fraud.
- •He is accused of destroying digital evidence, preparing forged import-export documents, and pressuring dummy directors of offshore companies.
- •Mistry's return is expected to aid investigators in examining overseas entities and operations allegedly used in the fraud.
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Mehul Choksi withdrew his legal claim regarding an alleged 2021 abduction attempt from Antigua after a London High Court judge ordered him to pay £677,000 in legal costs and raised concerns that much of his evidence was based on hearsay.
Justice Mansfield ordered Choksi to pay £425,000 in security costs to Gurdip Bath and Leslie Farrow-Guy, alongside another £252,000 toward the legal costs of Gurmit Singh and Gurjit Singh Bhandal, totaling £677,000.
Mehul Choksi is currently detained in Antwerp, Belgium, where he is challenging an extradition order seeking his return to India in connection with the Punjab National Bank fraud case.
