The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches in 17 properties linked to billionaire jewellery designer Nirav Modi and his maternal uncle and business partner Mehul Chinubhai Choksi’s firm Gitanjali Gems across India in a case of fraud, and seized diamond, gold, and jewellery worth
Rs 51 billion.
Agency sleuths searched Modi’s residence in Kurla (Mumbai), jewellery boutique in the Kala Ghoda area (Mumbai), three company offices in Bandra and Lower Parel (Mumbai), three premises in Surat, and his showrooms in Chanakyapuri and Defence Colony (New Delhi).