New Delhi, Oct 4: A London court will on November 23 hear fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s petition to reopen his extradition trial on the grounds that he may face interrogation by agencies if repatriated to India, a claim agencies are likely to counter with an assurance that he will not be quizzed.

Modi, who has exhausted all his legal appeals till the Supreme Court, had approached the Westminster Court with a plea to reopen his extradition trial, understood to be on the grounds that if extradited to India, he would be subjected to interrogation by various agencies, which may result in torture, they said.

The agencies probing the matter may reiterate their past assurance to the court that Modi, when extradited, will be put to trial in accordance with Indian laws and will not face any i

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