No document related to Neerav Modi/Mehul Chiokasi destroyed in fire: CBDT

New Delhi: Government has clarified that the documents related to investigations into Neerav Modi/Mehul Chiokasi case have not been destroyed and are in safe custody.

In a statement issued on Monday, Cental Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of Finance Ministry said that the records/documents of the ongoing investigations into the Nirav Modi/ Mehul Choksi case had already been transferred to the assessment units housed in different buildings, as part of the assessment process.

Apprehensions about any loss/ damage to the records/documents relating to the Nirav Modi/Mehul Choksi case in the said fire at the IT Office, Mumbai are, therefore, misplaced.

News reports have been appearing in some sections of the media alleging that records & documents relating to investigation into the Nirav Modi/Mehul Choksi case have been destroyed in the Scindia House fire in Income Tax Office in Mumbai. It is hereby clarified that the said reports are completely false & misdirected.(UNI)