As per the reports, only 158 NBWs have been nabbed till now under the ongoing operation.
The Nayapalli Police station has the highest number of NBWs with 399 accused being roaming scot-free while the Badagad and Saheed Nagar Police stations have 147 and 145 NBWs respectively.
It is pertinent to mention here that Odisha Cadre IPS (2014) officer Prateek Singh took charge as the new DCP of Bhubaneswar on May 4 after being relieved as Cuttack DCP.
Following his assumption of charge, Singh held a meeting with the IICs of all the Police stations and ACPs under the Bhubaneswar UPD.
Addressing media on Tuesday, Singh said, “There were 2000 warrants pending when I joined here. We have launched the week-long drive to execute as many NBWs possible. We have managed to arrest 158 warrantees so far.”
The drive will conclude on May 12.
As per reports, the NBW has been issued against Sangeeta Mohapatra, the IIC of Bheden police station in Bargarh district by the Puri court. The court’s move came after Mohapatra did not present herself before the court despite the issuance of notices in a gambling case made out by her.
During her tenure at the Kumbharpada police station in Puri district, where she was posted as an SI. Mohapatra had conducted a raid at a gambling den in 2008. In connection with that case, the CJM Court, Puri had issued a notice, asking her to remain present for deposition. However, the police officer neither made her appearance nor did she respond with her reply.
The court had initially issued a notice to the Superintendent of Police, Bargarh on April 12 seeking her appearance. However, even after that, she did not turn up in the court, forcing the court to issue the non-bailable warrant against her on Friday.
Meanwhile, the SP, Bargarh refused to comment on the matter.
Sources said the special drive was launched from June 17 to June 24 while 72 habitual offenders and criminals were also booked under 110 CrPC.
Keeping in view the success, Commissionerate Police is now contemplating to extend the special drive till July 1.
“We had reviewed the progress and number of non-bailable warrants executed during a special meeting held yesterday. We have now decided to continue with the special drive against criminals till July 1,” said Police Commissioner, YB Khurania.
The NBWs were issued in connection with the regularisation of two Shikshya Karmis.
The tribunal had instructed for job regularisation of the two Shikshya Karmis in 2011, but as the instruction was not carried out, Chopra and Seth were asked to appear in person.
A bailable warrant was also issued earlier against them to depose before SAT.
However, after failing to appear even after the bailable warrants, the SAT proceeded to issue NBWs against them.
The warrant was issued after he failed to appear before the court in a 2016 controversial 'beheading remark' case. Rohtak ACJM Harish Goyal issued the NBW against Ramdev and fixed August 3 as the next date of hearing in the case.
The court had issued a bailable warrant against Ramdev on May 12.
"The order follows Ramdev's failure to appear before the court yet again on Wednesday. He also failed to appear despite summons and a bailable warrant," counsel for the complainant in the case OP Chugh said.
Ramdev had made the remarks at a Sadbhawana Sammelan here in April last year, which was called to promote peace in the city that witnessed violence during the Jat quota stir. He had said that but for the rule of law he would have "beheaded" lakhs of people for refusing to chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.
On March 2, Goyal had issued summons to Ramdev after a complaint was filed by Congress leader and former Haryana minister Subhash Batra seeking registration of an FIR against the yoga guru.
The ACJM had then directed Ramdev to furnish Rs 1 lakh personal surety during the execution of warrant and also to appear in court on June 14.
A senior ED official said the agency had been working in close coordination with other foreign agencies in order to identify and attach foreign properties of Nirav Modi in various locations.
The attached properties were in the form of jewellery, bank accounts and immovable properties. Among them are two apartments worth Rs 216 crore in New York's popular Central Park, which are registered in the name of Nirav Modi, he said.
According to the agency officials, they were purchased in the name of The Ithaca Trust. One of the properties in central park south, New York, was in the name of Central Park Real Estate LLC, a group company of Firestar Group. In 2018, it was transferred to the Trust.
The beneficiary of the Ithaca Trust allegedly is Nirav Modi's wife, Ami Modi, a US national, and her children and the settler of the said trust was Nirav Modi's sister Purvi Modi, a Belgian national.
"The other property was also purchased in the name of The Ithaca Trust in 2017. And before paying the consideration for the property, the stolen fund was layered extensively involving multiple jurisdictions like Dubai, Bahamas, USA, Singapore etc.," the official said.
"The consideration was paid from a fiduciary account of Commonwealth Trust Company, Singapore and the deal was carried out by a lawyer firm based in US," the official said.
Meanwhile, a flat worth Rs 56.97 crore on Marylebone road in London has also been attached, of which the beneficial owner is Nirav Modi's sister Purvi.
According to the ED official, the property was bought in the name of the Belvedere Holdings Group Limited which was managed by Trident Trust in Singapore, and established by Monte Cristo Trust. "The said trust is having Purvi Modi as settler and beneficiary," he said.
The agency also attached five bank accounts containing over Rs 278 crore, belonging to Nirav Modi, Purvi and others in the case.
The official said that it had brought diamond jewellery worth Rs 22.69 crore back to India from Hong Kong.
According to the ED, a stock of jewellery was exported to Hong Kong after a case was registered against Nirav Modi by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in January. This was kept in a vault of a private company in Hong Kong on behalf of Nirav Modi.
"The agency contacted the company and its London headquarters and after much persuasion and follow up, it successfully brought back the jewellery to India," the official said.
He also said that the stock value of the jewellery was around Rs 85 crore and the jewellery was sent to Hong Kong by Firestar Group of Companies. On independent valuation, the value of jewellery came to Rs 22.69 crore.
The ED has also attached a flat in south Mumbai worth Rs 19.5 crore which was in sister Purvi's name.
The official said the flat was purchased by Purvi in 2017 and the deed was signed by Nirav Nodi's brother Neeshal, who is also a Belgian national and who held a power of attorney.
"But the consideration of the flat was paid by Purvi through her Barclays Bank account maintained in Singapore," the official said.
Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against Nirav Modi, Neeshal, Purvi and his executive Subhash Parab.
On Monday, Interpol, at the request of the CBI and ED, issued a Red Corner Notice against Nirav Modi's trusted official, Aditya Nanavati.
Nanavati used to head the operations of Firestar Diamond's business in Hong Kong. It is learnt that he is also in Belgium.
The official also said that Letters of Rogatory (LR) have also been sent to the authorities of foreign jurisdictions to enforce the said provisional attachment orders.
Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group are under probe by both the CBI and ED. The ED had on May 24 and 26 filed charge-sheets against both. Non-bailable warrants have been issued against them.
Nirav Modi left India before the scam was reported to the CBI.
The court's move comes following Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) request as both the diamond traders, who left the country in January, refused to join the investigation in cases related to the scam.
Meanwhile, the CBI continued questioning the officers of overseas branches of Indian banks that extended alleged credit facilities on the basis of Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) issued by the PNB to firms related to Modi and Choksi-- the promoter of Gitanjali Group.
The CBI said "the officer who dealt with forex transactions in Allahabad Bank's Hong Kong Branch, has been summoned from Hong Kong and is being questioned".
Modi, a regular on the lists of rich and famous Indians since 2013, along with his group companies -- Diamond R US, Stellar Diamond and Solar Exports, and uncle and business partner Choksi and others have been named in the huge scam, admitted by the PNB in February and leading to a massive upheaval in the country's banking system.
The issuance of NBWs by a court also opens door of seeking Red Corner Notices against both of the accused from the Interpol.
Earlier, a lookout notice was issued by the CBI against Modi and Choksi. However, Modi and his associates fled the country before the notices were issued. While Modi and his brother Nishal left India on January 1, his wife Ami, a US citizen, and Choksi left on January 6, all before the CBI received a complaint from the PNB on January 29.
On Friday, the CBI questioned the Reserve Bank of India former Deputy Governor Harun Rashid Khan, between 2011 and 2016, in connection with the PNB bank fraud and relaxation of 80:20 gold import scheme brought by then Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on May 13, 2014, barely three days before the counting of votes of 2014 general election.
He was asked about the lapses in the statutory audit of the central regulator due to which the PNB fraud remained undetected for a long time as the SWIFT messaging system was misused.
The PNB has claimed in different complaints to the CBI that several LoUs -- issued by one bank to other banks, based on which foreign branches offer credit to buyers -- were fraudulently issued by its officials in connivance with Modi and the other accused in the case causing huge losses to the bank.