Nirav Modi Transferred To Privately-Run Prison In London

Nirav Modi was arrested in March 2019 on an extradition warrant based on Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate charges against the businessman.

Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to stand trial on fraud and money laundering charges, has been transferred out of one of the largest and most overcrowded prisons in the UK to a privately-run facility in London, it emerged on Thursday.

The 52-year-old former billionaire was due to appear at a magistrates' court hearing in relation legal costs, or fines, amounting to GBP 150,247.00 ordered by the High Court in London related to his failed extradition appeal proceedings. However, the case had to be adjourned at the last moment to November as Barkingside Magistrates' Court in east London was unable to track down Nirav in time for his videolink appearance.

“He was moved to HMP (His Majesty's Prison) Thameside from HMP Wandsworth as an internal transfer, which the court was unaware of until today,” a court official said.