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Jeweller in $2.5b alleged fraud can be sent to India

London | The celebrity jeweller at the centre of an alleged $US2 billion ($2.5 billion) fraud that rocked Punjab National Bank three years ago can be extradited to stand trial in India, a London court has ruled.

The judge at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday (Friday AEDT) found that Nirav Modi had a case to answer in connection with alleged bank fraud, money laundering and allegedly attempting to subvert the criminal investigation by threatening to kill a witness.

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Amy Kazmin is the Financial Times' South Asia bureau chief.

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