India, May 9 -- Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's extradition to India may be on hold because of a second asylum claim by him, HT learns.

New Delhi has won in all extradition proceedings concerning Modi in UK courts, but his repatriation appears to have hit a roadblock, with British authorities informing their Indian counterparts that he cannot yet be extradited due to certain "secret proceedings", highly placed officials told HT.

London has neither officially nor unofficially shared with New Delhi the nature of these "secret proceedings", but this is generally the term used for a plea for asylum.

Modi made an earlier asylum plea in 2018, but this was rejected last year. But Indian officials aren't ruling out the possibility of Modi ma...