PNB Fraud: Rahul Gandhi pens chemical formula to mock PM Modi over Nirav Modi's escape

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led Central government, saying that they were the catalyst in helping Lalit Modi and Nirav Modi escape.

Using a chemical reaction and balancing, much to the humour of all the science geeks and chemistry lovers out there, Rahul Gandhi tweeted this

The scamster's escape formula:

Na(Mo)
La(Mo) + Ni(Mo) -----> Bha(Go)#ModiRobsIndia

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) February 16, 2018

Earlier, in a huge setback to PNB banking scam prime accused Nirav Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday suspended his passport for four weeks.

The move came on the advice of the Enforcement Directorate. Apart from the designer diamond jeweller, the authorities have also suspended the passport of Mehul Choksi.

The foreign ministry suspended the validity of their passports with immediate effect for a period of four weeks under Section 10(A) of the Passports Act 1967.

Both Modi and Choksi have been asked to respond within one week as to why their passports should not be impounded or revoked under Section 10 (3) (c) of the Passports Act 1967.

If they fail to respond within the stipulated time it will be assumed that they have no response to offer and the Ministry of External Affairs will go ahead with the revocation.

The CBI and the ED yesterday moved separate applications to the external affairs ministry seeking the revocation Nirav Modi's passport as well as that of his maternal uncle and his business partner Mehul Choksi, the promoter of Gitanjali jewellery chain. Both are accused in the Rs 280 crore bank fraud case.

In November 2017, India sought cooperation from Britain for extradition of 13 fugitives, including Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi, and asked it to not allow its territory to be used by Kashmiri and Khalistani separatists, officials said.

These issues were strongly raised by Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju with British Minister of State for Immigration Brandon Lewis at a bilateral meeting here. Rijiju has pressed for cooperation from Britain in extradition of 13 individuals, including liquor barron Vijay Mallya, former IPL honcho Lalit Modi and cricket bookie Sanjiv Kapur, a home ministry official said. India also sought legal assistance in prosecution of 16 other alleged criminals. Rijiju asked Lewis not to allow the British territory to be used for anti-India activities by Kashmiri and Khalistani separatists, the official said.