The stories of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Jatin Mehta — high-profile alleged fugitives who are hiding in different parts of the world — intersect at a narrow lane in the Dhalvas area of Gujarat’s Palanpur town. The lane is flanked by jewellery shops and lined with several mosques. Bargainers’ drone and shopkeepers’ solicitous chants make the lane seem like any other Indian bazaar. But soon, the ancestral sites of India’s runaway trio loom into view.
The stories of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Jatin Mehta — high-profile alleged fugitives who are hiding in different parts of the world — intersect at a narrow lane in the Dhalvas area of Gujarat’s Palanpur town. The lane is flanked by jewellery shops and lined with several mosques. Bargainers’ drone and shopkeepers’ solicitous chants make the lane seem like any other Indian bazaar. But soon, the ancestral sites of India’s runaway trio loom into view.