Nirav Modi fears lynching, can't return to India: Lawyer
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IBNS): Nirav Modi, the absconding accused in the Rs 13,600-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, cannot return to India because he fears being lynched, his lawyer told a court on Saturday, reports said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), however, dismissed the claims and said Modi should have filed a police complaint if he felt unsafe.
According to reports, Modi had emailed the ED that his former employees who have not been paid salaries, landlords who have not been paid rent, customers whose jewellery had been confiscated by the CBI, had threatened him.
Modi's whereabouts are not known.
In July, Modi's uncle and Gitanjali Gems chairman Mehul Choksi, also another accused in the PNB scam, had said he was scared to return to India because he feared being lynched.
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