Interpol has issued a Red Notice against Nehal Modi, brother of Nirav Modi, the main accused in the $2 billion PNB scam case, officials said on Friday.
They said the global arrest warrant against 40-year-old Nehal, a Belgian national, has been issued on charges of alleged money laundering that is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.
Nehal Deepak Modi was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and he knows languages such as English, Gujarati and Hindi, according to the Red Notice.
Nehal has been named in the charge-sheet filed by the ED in this case and he has been charged with destruction of evidence.
Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are alleged to be the main perpetrators of India's biggest bank fraud that came to the fore last year. The Punjab National Bank is stated to have been duped of nearly Rs 14,000 crore in this scam.
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Nehal is the third member of the Modi family to have a Red Notice issued against him. In July last year, Interpol issued a Red Notice against Nirav. Nirav was arrested in London in March this year.
In September, Interpol issued a Red Notice against Nirav's sister Purvi Modi, who like Nehal, is a Belgian national.
