
Nirav Modi’s Brother Nehal Modi arrested in US: Nehal Modi, the younger brother of the PNB scam in India and the fugitive diamond businessman Nirav Modi, has been arrested in America. According to the US Department of Justice, he has been arrested in the US on Friday (July 4, 2025) after a request for extradition from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
There are two allegations against Nirav Modi’s brother Nehal Modi, for which Indian agencies are demanding his enforcement. In this, the first charge of Nehal is of money laundering under PMLA 2002 and the second is to commit criminal conspiracy under IPC. Apart from this, Nehal was also involved in a scam of 13 thousand crores from Punjab National Bank, one of the biggest bank scams in Indian history. Nehal played an important role with his brother Nirav in the PNB scam.
Nehal’s birth and upbringing in Belgium
Arrested Nehal Deepak Modi was born in Antwerp, Belgium and was raised there. Apart from Nehal English, Hindi and Gujarati language also speaks well.
Nehal What are the charges against Modi?
Nehal Modi is the main accused in the PNB scam with his brother Nirav Modi and maternal uncle Mehul Choksi. Investigators said that Nehal Modi had hidden and moved a large number of illegal money through fake companies and foreign transactions to help his brother Nirav.
In this scam, Nehal had rigged about Rs 6498 crore from the bank through many of his companies. Apart from this, after the disclosure of this scam, there is also a charge of eradicating evidence and helping Nirav Modi under the conspiracy.
At the same time, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed that Mihir R Bhansali, a close assistant to Nehal Modi and Nirav Modi, took 50 kg of gold and large quantity of cash from Dubai after tightening Nirav Modi. While the CBI accused Nehal of intimidating and threatening the directors of shell companies in Dubai.
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