A court in London has issued an arrest warrant against fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi, accused in the Rs 12,700 crore bank, confirmed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday.
According to the ED, the Westminster Court issued the arrest warrant against Nirav Modi on March 13.
The Indian government had moved an extradition request for Modi, who is currently in London, ED sources said in Delhi.
"It is telling that no country has spoken out in Pakistan's favour after the Indian air strike," Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistani Ambassador to the US, said.
India-Pakistan tensions persisted on Wednesday as the IAF chased away intruding Pakistani fighter jets in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera sector with India shooting down a Pakistani F-16 which fell on the Pakistani side.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday offered talks to India and urged that "better sense should prevail" as tensions spiked between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following an aerial engagement between their air forces.
Sparked by war hysteria, social media went berserk on Wednesday as claims and counter-claims on crashed jets fed a rush of fake images and videos
In a video released just after his detention, Wing Commander Abhinandan was seen bloodied and blindfolded but answering questions in a composed and stoic manner.
The Pakistan Air Force failed to detect the presence of the Indian fighter jets as it was already too late for them as their surveillance system had been jammed by the IAF during its raid at Balakot militant camp early on Tuesday, sources said.