The Nirav Modi saga
Nirav Modi was arrested in March 2019 from a Metro Bank branch near the Holborn station in Central London. He had gone there to open a bank account. However, a bank employee recognised him, panicked, and called the police. The bank employee did not know that Nirav Modi's legal team had negotiated an "arrest by arrangement" with the extradition unit of the Metropolitan Police. What this meant was that at an agreed date and time Nirav Modi would present himself to the cops who would then produce him at the Westminster Magistrates' court. But for Nirav Modi, evidently, nothing worked as per his plans. Forget "arrest by arrangement", he did not even manage to get bail. From 2019 till date he has remained in prison. Not the most ideal position, but at least he has managed to stall his extradition to India. On 25 March, 2026 came the judgment by Lord Justice Stuart Smith and Justice John Jay wherein they rejected his bid to reopen his extradition appeal. In 2022...
