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Updated March 20th, 2019 at 16:03 IST

"Special kind of hubris": Here's Omar Abdullah's take on why Nirav Modi had the arrest coming

Former J&K CM and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah has taken a dig at absconding economic fugitive Nirav Modi moments after it became official that he was arrested by the UK police

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Former J&K CM and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah has taken a dig at absconding economic fugitive Nirav Modi moments after it became official that he was arrested by the UK police. 

Taking to Twitter, the NC leader seemed to have a laugh on Nirav Modi, suggesting him roaming on the streets of UK led to his own downfall.

"It takes a special kind of hubris to roam around Oxford Street without a care in the world the way Nirav Modi was. It’s no wonder it caught up with him," the former J&K CM also wrote.

In his earlier tweet, the Abdullah scion suggested the ruling government at the Centre to laud the British daily which had found the diamantaire on UK streets earlier this month, and not laud itself for this massive development.

"It’s amusing to see the BJP falling over itself to credit the PM with the Nirav Modi arrest while completely ignoring the fact that it was The Telegraph of London & it’s correspondent who found Nirav Modi, not the PM & his agencies," his message read.

READ: BIG Diplomatic Win For India: Nirav Modi Arrested In London; To Be Produced At The Westminster Court

The ED and the CBI are investigating Modi, his uncle Mehul Choksi and others for alleged money laundering and corruption to perpetrate the alleged scam in the Brady House branch of the PNB in Mumbai that was unearthed last year.

On January 31, the CBI registered an FIR against Nirav Modi, his wife Ami Modi, uncle (and Gitanjali Gems Ltd's MD) Mehul Choksi, Gokulnath Shetty -- a now-retired PNB deputy manager, and others, based on a complaint by a PNB officer named Avneesh Nepalia. The complaint alleged that the Punjab National Bank had been defrauded to the tune of Rs 280 crores.

PNB subsequently initiated a probe and said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that it had discovered unauthorised transactions totalling Rs. 11,400 crore.

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Published March 20th, 2019 at 15:42 IST

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