Gokulnath Shetty was arrested by the CBI in February this year after the banking fraud involving billionaire jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi surfaced
The agency said it has issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for attachment of these assets
The DRI alleged that duty-free diamonds and pearls imported by these companies were secretly sold in local markets
Justice Manmohan Singh, chairman of Appellate Tribunal on PMLA, said Nirav Modi is "not trustworthy"
The RCN against Mihir Rashmi Bhansali, CEO of Nirav Modi's jewellery firm in the US, Firestar International, was requested by the Enforcement Directorate
A bench of justices is likely to pass an order on Thursday directing the inquiry
India's foreign affairs ministry told parliament it had sent an extradition request for Modi to Britain but did not specify how it knew Modi was there
In June, an RTI query with multiple questions was submitted to the ministry to unravel the mystery of Nirav's international travel itinerary despite him being a fugitive
The ED had filed two separate applications against the duo before the special court that hears matters under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Nirav Modi is wanted by the CBI in the $2 billion Punjab National Bank scam
The ED had also sent a request for a Red Corner Notice against Modi, but the Interpol is yet to issue this
"UK authorities have confirmed Nirav Modi's presence in Britain," an official privy to the meeting said.
As part of larger efforts to curb the black money menace, the corporate affairs ministry has deregistered little over 2.26 lakh companies
Ravi Shankar Prasad said Chidambaram favoured seven private companies, including Fire Star Diamond of Nirav Modi and Gitanjali Gems of Mehul Choksi
He said the exposure of SBI to Gitanjali Gems - one of the companies involved in the scam - has also been crystallised and there was no issue on that
The Nostro account refers to an account that a bank holds in a foreign currency in another bank overseas to enable foreign trade by its clients
One cannot rule out disclosure of more such cases of fraud to relevant authorities in the coming months as banks have been asked by the finance ministry to proactively plug in the gaps earnestly
Modi came back to India and cut his teeth in the diamond business under the tutelage of his jeweller uncle, who was running Gitanjali Gems