Nirav Modi, the fugitive businessman who is involved in ₹13,000 crore PNB scam was arrested in London a few days ago and his lawyers are doing their best to get him out.
CBI Sources: Nirav Modi’s extradition process is underway, we are doing everything, it will take time. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/ESrGg7owev
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2019
That’s what you’d expect in such a case but things got a little bizarre when barrister Clare Montgomery requested his bail on grounds that he is a dog parent and hence less likely to flee the UK, reports NDTV.
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Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot had denied him bail on Friday, saying that he posed ‘substantial’ flight risk and lacked ‘community ties’ in the UK.
As a counterargument, Clare Montgomery said:
He did have a son at Charterhouse (school in London) who has now gone to university in the States and as a sign of ageing parents, led Modi to get a dog instead. None of these actions are emblematic of someone setting out to flee the country.
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While further adding:
It is nonsense to say that he is a flight risk. He does not have a safe haven open to him and he has not travelled or applied for citizenship elsewhere – he only qualifies for leave to remain in this country.
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It is important to note here that Britain is known to be very animal loving.
The hearings are still underway but it sure is weird to think that a $1-2 billion scammer could get a bail because he has a pet dog.
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