Her husband, Nirav Modi, has been jailed in the United Kingdom and has been fighting extradition to India.
A global arrest warrant, also known as a Red Corner Notice, has been issued by the Interpol in the name of Ami Modi, the wife of fraud-accused diamond merchant Nirav Modi. The agency has issued the notice in relation to the money laundering cases against her in India.
She was seen in the United States in 2019. Even probe agencies are not sure about her whereabouts. Her husband, Nirav Modi, has been jailed in the United Kingdom and has been fighting extradition to India.
Probing agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) had named Ami Modi in a supplementary charge sheet for being the alleged beneficiary in the $30 million purchase of two apartments in New York City, in February this year.
These apartments were amongst the properties of Nirav Modi worth 637 crores that were seized in October, including a flat in London worth Rs. 56.97 crore.
Red Corner notices have also been issued in the name of Modi, his brother Nehal and sister Purvi.
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