Diamond Tycoon Warns of Suicide Risk From India Extradition (1)

Nirav Modi, a former diamond tycoon accused of a $2 billion loan fraud in India, urged a London court to block his extradition to his home country, claiming it could push him to suicide.

Modi suffers a “long-standing depressive condition” and sending him to a “hostile environment,” where people burn his effigies could worsen his situation, his lawyer Edward Fitzgerald said in court Wednesday. “He is even now at suicide risk and that suicide risk will be exacerbated if extradited.”

Modi is fighting his extradition to face charges of allegedly masterminding the largest bank fraud case in India. He ...