With two CBI cases registered against him, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seizing gold and diamond worth Rs 5,100 crore during searches and the Punjab National Bank (PNB) rejecting his “vague offers”, Nirav Modi’s case does not seem to get any better in the near future. While three companies of Mehul Choksi-- Gitanjali Gems, Gili India and Nakshatra Brand Ltd -- have been named in the CBI FIR, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi’s passports have now been cancelled for four weeks by the Ministry of External Affairs. “On the advice of the Enforcement Directorate, the passport issuing authority in the Ministry of External Affairs has suspended the validity of passports of Mr. Nirav Deepak Modi and Mr. Mehul Chinubhai Choksi with immediate effect for a period of four weeks u/s 10(A) of the Passports Act 1967,” said a press release by MEA.

With two CBI cases registered against him, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seizing gold and diamond worth Rs 5,100 crore during searches and the Punjab National Bank (PNB) rejecting his “vague offers”, Nirav Modi’s case does not seem to get any better in the near future. While three companies of Mehul Choksi-- Gitanjali Gems, Gili India and Nakshatra Brand Ltd -- have been named in the CBI FIR, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi’s passports have now been cancelled for four weeks by the Ministry of External Affairs. “On the advice of the Enforcement Directorate, the passport issuing authority in the Ministry of External Affairs has suspended the validity of passports of Mr. Nirav Deepak Modi and Mr. Mehul Chinubhai Choksi with immediate effect for a period of four weeks u/s 10(A) of the Passports Act 1967,” said a press release by MEA.