Nirav Modi’s Judicial Custody Extended Till August 6 By UK Court

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who is fighting extradition to India, was further remanded in custody until August 6 after he appeared at a regular remand hearing before a UK court today on charges over the nearly $2 billion Punjab National Bank money-laundering case.

The 49-year-old jeweller, who has been lodged at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London since his arrest in March last year, appeared via videolink before Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London for a regular 28-day "call-over" hearing until the second leg of his extradition trial begins in September.

"Nice to see you looking well," said Judge Arbuthnot, as she informed Nirav Modi of his next videolink call-over hearing on August 6.