CBI seeks Interpol Red Corner Notices for Nirav's brother

New Delhi: The CBI has approached Interpol seeking issuance of Red Corner Notices against billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi's brother Nishal, a Belgian citizen, and an executive of his company Subhash Parab, in connection with the over USD 2 billion fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank, sources said.

The agency had on Monday sought Red Corner Notices against Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi in the same case, they said.

A Red Corner Notice issued by Interpol urges its member countries to detain or arrest an accused, who is wanted in a country.

The CBI has already filed chargesheets before a special CBI court in Mumbai in this case, which is said to be the biggest banking scam in the country, against Modi, Choksi, Nishal and Subhash Parab.

The agency had also issued a diffusion notice through Interpol against Modi, Choksi and Nishal on February 15. This notice is a mechanism through which location of an absconder is shared among member countries of the Interpol.

In response to the diffusion notice, the United Kingdom has shared "movements" of Modi and other fugitives, sources said while maintaining that his specific location remains unknown.

"After getting the diffusion notice issued through the Interpol channel on February 15, 2018, the CBI proactively pursued it with the national central bureaus of individual countries which are likely to have been visited by the accused fugitives for confirmation of their addresses and location," a senior official said.

A National Central Bureau is a designated agency of a country which interacts with Lyon-based international police cooperation agency Interpol. For India, the CBI is the NCB.