Modi has been in HMP Wandsworth, a British prison, since 2019. A huge manhunt was launched when Modi fled India, forcing the country’s authorities to collaborate with Interpol to apprehend the alleged fraudster.

Modi is accused of defrauding the Punjab National Bank (PNB) for millions, destroying evidence and witness tampering. After arriving in London in 2018, Modi initially applied for asylum on the grounds of “political persecution” and was living in a flat whose rent cost US$23,000 per month, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The Indian government wants Modi back in the country, but his lawyers have been fighting his extradition on his behalf. Following his formal arrest in central London in 2020, he won permission to appeal against his extradition based on mental health grounds in August 2021, with his legal team arguing that he is a suicide risk.

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Mehul Choksi

In May, Mehul Choksi, owner of the Gitanjani Group of jewellery retailers, was arrested in Dominica over his alleged involvement in the above-mentioned PNB heist with his nephew Nirav Modi. However, his arrest was made on the basis that he had entered the small Caribbean island illegally from Antigua, where he has been a citizen since 2017.

In an interview with India Today TV, Choksi said he had actually been kidnapped by Indian agencies, tortured and forced to enter Dominica against his will so that he could be jailed. The tycoon was eventually granted bail after 50 days and has since said he is considering returning to India to prove his innocence, but is now “apprehensive about [his] safety”, according to various media reports.

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Ramalinga Raju

Ramalinga Raju is the founder of Satyam Computer Services and rose to prominence after the company signed a multimillion dollar deal in 2007 to be the first Indian sponsor and official IT service provider of the 2010 and 2014 Fifa World Cups.

In 2009, Raju admitted to falsifying the company’s accounts to the tune of US$1.5 billion, and resigned. In a five-page letter to Satyam’s board of directors sent that January, Raju said he had knowingly inflated the cash and bank balances of the company, and that as his initial cover up of the company’s poor performance escalated, it became “like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten”.

On April 9, 2015, Raju was sentenced to seven years in jail and a hefty fine, but was released on bail after just one month by a special court in Hyderabad. According to The Hindu, he was released because the court acknowledged the process to get to trial would be prolonged.

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Subrata Roy

Subrata Roy was once considered the ultimate rags to riches poster boy, hailing from a poor family and going on to create an empire in finance, infrastructure and housing. But then India’s market regulator flagged him for defrauding investors. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has also accused Roy of violating securities laws.

According to India Today, Roy was jailed for two years before being released on parole in 2016. In November 2020, SEBI petitioned India’s Supreme Court to have Roy pay US$8.43 billion or return to jail, insisting the amount was his outstanding liability.