{"id":51751,"date":"2018-02-28T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51751"},"modified":"2018-02-28T12:12:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:42:35","slug":"warrant-issued-nirav-modi-tax-evasion-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/warrant-issued-nirav-modi-tax-evasion-case","title":{"rendered":"Warrant issued against Nirav Modi in Tax evasion case."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/pnb-fraud.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" data-attachment-id=\"51618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/will-take-appropriate-supervisory-action-pnb-case-rbi\/pnb-fraud\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/pnb-fraud.jpg?fit=660%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pnb-fraud\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/pnb-fraud.jpg?fit=640%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/pnb-fraud.jpg?resize=300%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/pnb-fraud.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/pnb-fraud.jpg?resize=147%2C100&amp;ssl=1 147w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/pnb-fraud.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A magistrate&#8217;s court here today issued a bailable arrest warrant against diamond trader Nirav Modi in connection with a case of alleged tax evasion in purchase of a property which turned out to be &#8220;benami&#8221;, an Income Tax department official said.<\/p>\n<p>Benami properties are those that are not bought and registered in the name of their real owner. Holding benami properties is an offence.<\/p>\n<p>Modi is also a key accused in the Rs 12,717 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court has issued a bailable warrant against Modi,&#8221; the official said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the department was investigating the matter against Modi since 2017 but declined to disclose the details of the property.<\/p>\n<p>The Income Tax department had recorded the statements of Modi, who is said to be in the US, and some of his employees.<\/p>\n<p>The official said the probe revealed that Modi had given a false statement to department<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we went to his residence in Worli recently with summons, we found it locked,&#8221; the officer said. A case was later filed in the court.<\/p>\n<p>The court adjourned the case till next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A magistrate&#8217;s court here today issued a bailable arrest warrant against diamond trader Nirav Modi in connection with a case of alleged tax evasion in purchase of a property which turned out to be &#8220;benami&#8221;, an Income Tax department official said. 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