Stop behaving as if you're guilty: Rahul tells PM Modi, Jaitley
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi again and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and asked them to speak out on the Rs. 11,300 crore banking fraud involving celebrity diamond jeweller Nirav Modi.
Gandhi asked Modi an Jaitley to stop behaving like 'gulity'.
Tweeting on the same, Gandhi wrote:"PM Modi tells kids how to pass exams for 2 hrs, but won't speak for 2 mins on the 22,000Cr banking scam. Mr Jaitley is in hiding. Stop behaving as if you're guilty! Speak up. #ModiRobsIndia."
On Friday, Gandhi taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said 'scamsters' like 'Lalit Modi' and 'Nirav Modi' had a link with 'NaMo'.
In a tweet, Gandhi had said: " The scamster's escape formula: Na(Mo) La(Mo) + Ni(Mo) -----> Bha(Go) #ModiRobsIndia."
Meanwhile, the Government on Friday announced that the passport of the fugitive billionaire Nirav Modi, the prime accused in the Rs. 11,292-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, and his business partner Mehul Choksi have been cancelled for four weeks.
Modi, who is in the centre of a huge storm, reportedly left the country in January, much before the scam came to light.
According to media reports, he is now in New York.
Meanwhile, Interpol has issued diffusion notice against Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal and partner Choksi.
While the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered two cases against Modi, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reportedly seized gold and diamond worth Rs 5,500 crores from the searches conducted at 17 properties of the diamond merchant across India.
ED sleuths also sealed six properties owned by the fugitive jewellery designer.
The ED has issued summons for appearance to diamond merchant Modi and Choksi in connection with alleged money laundering.
They said both Modi and Choksi were summoned under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and asked to depose within a week’s time.
CBI has registered an FIR against Mehul Choksi's Gitanjali Group of companies on the complaint of Punjab National Bank (PNB).
The agency is still conducting searches at locations of Gitanjali Group Companies at 20 places in six cities across the country.
On February 14, the CBI received complaints from PNB, which detected a Rs 11,292 crore fraud involving Modi.
ED started raiding Nirav Modi’s home, offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Surat on Thursday.
According to reports, Punjab National Bank has suspended eight more officials. The number of suspended employees now stands at 18, which also includes General Manager level officers. Internal investigation of the bank is still underway.
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