London: Fugitive Diamond Merchant Nirav Modi — who is wanted in India for allegedly facing charges of scam Punjab National Bank 13,000 crore – has told psychiatrists in London jail that he is currently in custody that he will either be killed or commit suicide if extradited back to India, but either way, he will ‘die in jail’ will go’.
Nirav (51) is currently fighting in the London High Court against the trial court’s decision to extradite him to India.
Andrew Forrester, his psychiatrist at Wandsworth Prison, told the High Court that while he accepted that all ligature points would be removed from Barrack 12 in Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, where Nirav would be kept, he had “cases where people died. Hangs from door handles and taps in prisons”.
The court heard that Nirav told psychiatrists that he only thought of “cutting and hanging” if extradited and that he expected to die in prison in India, that his illness was so severe that he had to be hospitalized twice. and has been under observation of suicide in jail four times. , and that he suffers from feelings of worthlessness, worthlessness, and hopelessness.
“He is worried he might be killed in India,” said Forrester, who diagnosed Nirav with “moderate depression.”
“He currently constitutes a suicide risk. If extradited suicide is likely to become a substantial or high risk,” he said, due to his depression and sufficient distance from his family. He also pointed out that Nirav’s mother “There will be things in India that will contribute to this risk,” Forrester said.
Forrester criticized the Indian government’s assurances about Nirav’s prison condition, saying that “there was no individual care plan” and that he had seen no protocol to protect himself from harm. Indian prisons,
But Helen Malcolm Casey, representing the Crown Prosecution Service on behalf of the Indian government, told the court that while Nirav would have access to private psychiatrists, he would share his cell with another inmate, he would be seen within 24 hours of his arrival in India. . hours, he would visit his lawyer daily and would be able to see his family once a week.
“Which parts of it are sketchy and vague? Indians are never going to win and will never come up with something that will satisfy you. Would you like to be bound by a plan made by doctors in another country? SAIL, FAN, NATURAL And there is enough space in the strip lighting, all the ligature points will be removed and the windows on one side of the cell will face down so that it can be seen,” she said,
Forrester replied: “We have to be careful that the windows are not too intrusive.”
Sina Fazal, a psychiatrist who has been commissioned by the Crown Prosecution Service to evaluate Nirav’s mental healthThe Indian government, which has met Nirav twice, said that Nirav was only “mildly” depressed because Nirav had told him that he enjoyed certain foods, read newspapers and “helped others”. And enjoyed talking to his family.
Fazal said that Nirav may take a different view of his risk of murder in an Indian prison “once he gets there and feels there is security in place. His sense of hopelessness may change if he has to. There seems to be a threat of murder or his ability to keep in touch with his family is not as bad as he thought,” he said.
To this, Edward Fitzgerald Casey, representing Nirav, replied: “Do you know anyone who has gotten better after being extradited to India?”
Nirav (51) is currently fighting in the London High Court against the trial court’s decision to extradite him to India.
Andrew Forrester, his psychiatrist at Wandsworth Prison, told the High Court that while he accepted that all ligature points would be removed from Barrack 12 in Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, where Nirav would be kept, he had “cases where people died. Hangs from door handles and taps in prisons”.
The court heard that Nirav told psychiatrists that he only thought of “cutting and hanging” if extradited and that he expected to die in prison in India, that his illness was so severe that he had to be hospitalized twice. and has been under observation of suicide in jail four times. , and that he suffers from feelings of worthlessness, worthlessness, and hopelessness.
“He is worried he might be killed in India,” said Forrester, who diagnosed Nirav with “moderate depression.”
“He currently constitutes a suicide risk. If extradited suicide is likely to become a substantial or high risk,” he said, due to his depression and sufficient distance from his family. He also pointed out that Nirav’s mother “There will be things in India that will contribute to this risk,” Forrester said.
Forrester criticized the Indian government’s assurances about Nirav’s prison condition, saying that “there was no individual care plan” and that he had seen no protocol to protect himself from harm. Indian prisons,
But Helen Malcolm Casey, representing the Crown Prosecution Service on behalf of the Indian government, told the court that while Nirav would have access to private psychiatrists, he would share his cell with another inmate, he would be seen within 24 hours of his arrival in India. . hours, he would visit his lawyer daily and would be able to see his family once a week.
“Which parts of it are sketchy and vague? Indians are never going to win and will never come up with something that will satisfy you. Would you like to be bound by a plan made by doctors in another country? SAIL, FAN, NATURAL And there is enough space in the strip lighting, all the ligature points will be removed and the windows on one side of the cell will face down so that it can be seen,” she said,
Forrester replied: “We have to be careful that the windows are not too intrusive.”
Sina Fazal, a psychiatrist who has been commissioned by the Crown Prosecution Service to evaluate Nirav’s mental healthThe Indian government, which has met Nirav twice, said that Nirav was only “mildly” depressed because Nirav had told him that he enjoyed certain foods, read newspapers and “helped others”. And enjoyed talking to his family.
Fazal said that Nirav may take a different view of his risk of murder in an Indian prison “once he gets there and feels there is security in place. His sense of hopelessness may change if he has to. There seems to be a threat of murder or his ability to keep in touch with his family is not as bad as he thought,” he said.
To this, Edward Fitzgerald Casey, representing Nirav, replied: “Do you know anyone who has gotten better after being extradited to India?”