MUMBAI: Authorities on the Arthur Road jail right here have stored 'barrack no. 12' ready if fugitive diamond service provider Nirav Modi is extradited from the United Kingdom in connection with the $2 billion PNB fraud and money laundering case, a house department legitimate said on Tuesday.
The prisons department final week shared data with the state house department concerning the status of the Arthur Road jail and facilities that can be supplied there, in case Nirav is to be lodged in the barrack, he said.
The Centre just lately requested the state govt about the same, he said.
Nirav Modi used to be arrested by way of Scotland Yard officials in London on March 19 and faces extradition to India as the "principal beneficiary" of the fraudulent issuance of letters of endeavor (LoUs) as part of a conspiracy to defraud the Punjab National Bank (PNB) after which laundering the money.
UK's Westminster Magistrate's Court final month denied bail to Nirav, who has been behind bars at certainly one of England's maximum overcrowded prisons, Her Majesty's Prison Wandsworth.
The state govt just lately submitted a letter of assurance to the Centre concerning the facilities which it can provide in the jail, he said.
It had final year furnished a equivalent letter of assurance to the Centre in connection with the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who's in the United Kingdom and is sought after in India on fees of fraud and money laundering amounting to the tune of Rs nine,000 crore.
As consistent with the letter, if extradited, Nirav might be stored in certainly one of two rooms in barrack no. 12 of the Arthur Road jail, the legitimate said.
As of now, three prisoners are lodged in a single room while the opposite one is vacant, he said, including that if extradited, Nirav and Mallya might be lodged in the same room, having a space of 20 feet by way of 15 feet and supplied with three lovers, six tube lights and two windows.
The jail department additionally assured that Nirav might be stored in a cellular where the choice of different detainees is no more than three, the legitimate said.
"If lodged in the barrack, Nirav Modi is likely to get three square metre personal space, as per European norms, per person lodged in correction centres, and he will be provided a cotton mat, pillow, bed-sheet and blanket," he said.
He might be permitted out of his cellular for workout and game for a cheap amount of time, which can no more than an hour an afternoon, the legitimate said.
The jail department additionally assured that adequate mild, ventilation and storage for private belongings might be supplied, the legitimate said.
Nirav can even get blank ingesting water on a daily basis, round the clock scientific facilities, and toilet and washing facilities, he said.
All such facilities might be supplied without any discrimination, as consistent with lodging policy in style.
"As the barrack is highly secured and the policemen posted there are well-trained to handle any situation, there has not been not any incident there in the past of torture or ill-treatment," he said.
The prisons department final week shared data with the state house department concerning the status of the Arthur Road jail and facilities that can be supplied there, in case Nirav is to be lodged in the barrack, he said.
The Centre just lately requested the state govt about the same, he said.
Nirav Modi used to be arrested by way of Scotland Yard officials in London on March 19 and faces extradition to India as the "principal beneficiary" of the fraudulent issuance of letters of endeavor (LoUs) as part of a conspiracy to defraud the Punjab National Bank (PNB) after which laundering the money.
UK's Westminster Magistrate's Court final month denied bail to Nirav, who has been behind bars at certainly one of England's maximum overcrowded prisons, Her Majesty's Prison Wandsworth.
The state govt just lately submitted a letter of assurance to the Centre concerning the facilities which it can provide in the jail, he said.
It had final year furnished a equivalent letter of assurance to the Centre in connection with the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who's in the United Kingdom and is sought after in India on fees of fraud and money laundering amounting to the tune of Rs nine,000 crore.
As consistent with the letter, if extradited, Nirav might be stored in certainly one of two rooms in barrack no. 12 of the Arthur Road jail, the legitimate said.
As of now, three prisoners are lodged in a single room while the opposite one is vacant, he said, including that if extradited, Nirav and Mallya might be lodged in the same room, having a space of 20 feet by way of 15 feet and supplied with three lovers, six tube lights and two windows.
The jail department additionally assured that Nirav might be stored in a cellular where the choice of different detainees is no more than three, the legitimate said.
"If lodged in the barrack, Nirav Modi is likely to get three square metre personal space, as per European norms, per person lodged in correction centres, and he will be provided a cotton mat, pillow, bed-sheet and blanket," he said.
He might be permitted out of his cellular for workout and game for a cheap amount of time, which can no more than an hour an afternoon, the legitimate said.
The jail department additionally assured that adequate mild, ventilation and storage for private belongings might be supplied, the legitimate said.
Nirav can even get blank ingesting water on a daily basis, round the clock scientific facilities, and toilet and washing facilities, he said.
All such facilities might be supplied without any discrimination, as consistent with lodging policy in style.
"As the barrack is highly secured and the policemen posted there are well-trained to handle any situation, there has not been not any incident there in the past of torture or ill-treatment," he said.
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