Opposition accuses BJP govt of helping Nirav Modi flee from India
New Delhi, February 15
The Congress and the AAP on Thursday alleged that the NDA government was looking the other way when billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi used his clout with the prime minister to slip out of the country and steal Rs 12,000 crore, drawing comparison with the case of liquor baron Vijay Mallya.
State-owned Punjab National Bank yesterday said that it had detected a US$ 1.77 billion (about Rs 11,400 crore) scam where Nirav Modi allegedly acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking from a branch in Mumbai to secure overseas credit from other Indian lenders.
"Guide to looting India by Nirav Modi--1. Hug PM Modi 2. Be seen with him in DAVOS. Use that clout to: A. Steal 12,000 crore B. Slip out of the country like Mallya, while the government looks the other way," Congress chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
Guide to Looting India
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG)
by Nirav MODI
1. Hug PM Modi
2. Be seen with him in DAVOS
Use that clout to:
A. Steal 12,000Cr
B. Slip out of the country like Mallya, while the Govt looks the other way.
Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surejewala raised questions on whether Nirav Modi had been tipped off following which he left the country.
"Who is Nirav Modi? The new #ModiScam? Was he tipped off like Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya to escape by someone within the government," he asked.
Who is Nirav Modi? The new ?
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala)
Was he tipped off like Lalit Modi & Vijay Mallya to escape by someone within the Govt?
Has it become the norm for letting people run away with public money?
Who is responsible?
Pl wait for AICC PC at 2 PM today.
"Has it become the norm for letting people run away with public money? Who is responsible," Surjewala tweeted.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the Modi government of helping the prime accused in the Rs 11,515 crore PNB fraud, Nirav Modi, to flee from India.
"Is it possible to believe that he or Vijay Mallya left the country without active connivance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (government)?" the Aam Aadmi Party leader asked in a tweet.
Is it possible to believe that he or vijay mallya left the country without active connivance of BJP govt?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal)
Earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation booked Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nischal and maternal uncle Mehul Choksi for their alleged involvement in a cheating case of over Rs 280 crore.
IANS/PTI
