India, July 5 -- Born and raised in Belgium's Antwerp, Nehal Deepak Modi is a high-profile diamond merchant, a global citizen fluent in English, Gujarati and Hindi, and fugitive fraudster now arrested in the US on India's request.

He is also Accused Number 27 in a chargesheet by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that accuses him of destroying evidence to cover up a criminal conspiracy.

At the core of this conspiracy is his brother Nirav Modi, who is in jail in the UK, and over Rs.13,000 crore in fraudulent loans taken from the government-run Punjab National Bank (PNB).

US authorities have arrested Nehal, 46, eight years younger to brother Nirav, on extradition pleas by India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bu...