1 00:05:28,545 --> 00:05:31,945 Throughout the world, Surat is known as the Diamond City. 2 00:05:35,145 --> 00:05:38,185 {\an8}The rough diamonds that are mined... 3 00:05:39,705 --> 00:05:43,345 {\an8}in Africa, Russia, Australia... 4 00:05:45,025 --> 00:05:48,465 {\an8}are polished here in Surat's factories. 5 00:05:51,305 --> 00:05:55,825 There are approximately one million people associated with the diamond industry here. 6 00:05:57,225 --> 00:06:01,425 Almost 90% of the world's diamonds are polished in Surat 7 00:06:01,505 --> 00:06:03,745 and the polished diamonds are then exported 8 00:06:03,825 --> 00:06:05,705 all over the world from here. 9 00:07:55,785 --> 00:07:58,465 In this industry, you get to know what a person is like 10 00:07:59,585 --> 00:08:01,665 from the way they talk and the way they pay. 11 00:08:01,745 --> 00:08:03,825 So, when I realized he wasn't good with payments 12 00:08:03,905 --> 00:08:05,505 and wasn't behaving properly, 13 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:09,025 I completely stopped doing business with him. 14 00:08:09,105 --> 00:08:11,665 Some continued, I'm not saying no one did business with him, 15 00:08:11,745 --> 00:08:13,785 but, I guess, there are all types. 16 00:08:58,585 --> 00:09:02,665 Nirav Modi's factory employed about 1,800 to 2,000 people. 17 00:09:02,745 --> 00:09:04,025 It was a jewelry factory. 18 00:09:06,385 --> 00:09:10,865 And the way Nirav worked was he would pay people with cash. 19 00:09:11,345 --> 00:09:15,305 He would buy stock with cash and give people advance cash payments. 20 00:09:15,905 --> 00:09:19,585 As a business person starting a new business, 21 00:09:19,665 --> 00:09:23,505 if they are behaving responsibly and they are paying people properly, 22 00:09:24,585 --> 00:09:27,385 this is how Nirav was able to create a unique image for himself. 23 00:09:38,985 --> 00:09:41,385 {\an8}I went to Firestar to be trained 24 00:09:42,345 --> 00:09:45,305 {\an8}in 2007 in Nirav Modi's factory. 25 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:48,385 {\an8}That was my first job. 26 00:09:48,465 --> 00:09:51,865 {\an8}The conditions there were unlike anywhere else - 27 00:09:51,945 --> 00:09:56,225 {\an8}there was a creche, subsidized restaurant, a doctor was provided. 28 00:09:58,665 --> 00:10:01,145 Nirav Modi did a lot for the poor. 29 00:10:02,905 --> 00:10:05,025 He talked to everyone, 30 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:09,505 he had no arrogance about being a big factory owner. 31 00:10:09,585 --> 00:10:11,465 He talked to his employees. 32 00:10:12,505 --> 00:10:15,305 Nirav Modi was like a God to us. 33 00:10:15,385 --> 00:10:18,665 Nirav sir is the "Diamond King". 34 00:22:19,385 --> 00:22:21,145 {\an8}Basically, I'm a clerk... 35 00:22:22,145 --> 00:22:24,305 {\an8}and this was the first job I had in my life, 36 00:22:24,985 --> 00:22:27,145 {\an8}so it was a special kind of happiness. 37 00:22:30,385 --> 00:22:33,265 A desk clerk is a junior role, a single window operator. 38 00:22:34,145 --> 00:22:35,825 Data entry, only data entry. 39 00:22:37,425 --> 00:22:39,985 There was a huge amount of work to do in Brady House. 40 00:22:41,345 --> 00:22:46,225 There were around 30 to 40 payments to be put through each day, 41 00:22:46,305 --> 00:22:49,145 and on average seven to eight Letters of Undertaking. 42 00:22:52,545 --> 00:22:56,345 Firestar Diamonds was a company name that I knew, 43 00:22:56,425 --> 00:22:58,825 all the documents would come to me. 44 00:23:00,585 --> 00:23:04,945 To me, it didn't look like anything suspicious was going on. 45 00:23:05,585 --> 00:23:09,225 My senior would give me the order to do this work. 46 00:23:10,585 --> 00:23:11,945 How could I not do it? 47 00:38:09,305 --> 00:38:12,065 I was there the day it shut down. 48 00:38:12,545 --> 00:38:14,505 {\an8}We were sent away after a half day, 49 00:38:14,585 --> 00:38:16,945 {\an8}but were not told why it was being shut down 50 00:38:17,025 --> 00:38:18,345 {\an8}or why we were going home. 51 00:38:19,665 --> 00:38:23,425 We got to know later, there was some scam with the Punjab National Bank 52 00:38:23,505 --> 00:38:26,185 through the TV. 53 00:38:26,785 --> 00:38:31,065 {\an8}When the factory closed, I didn't leave the house for a month. 54 00:38:31,905 --> 00:38:37,665 To me, it felt like it must be when a person has a heart attack. 55 00:38:37,745 --> 00:38:39,305 That's what it felt like. 56 00:38:40,545 --> 00:38:43,745 Nirav sir leaving meant that our support system had gone. 57 00:40:39,585 --> 00:40:41,425 When they arrested me, 58 00:40:42,785 --> 00:40:45,105 even then, I didn't understand what was going on. 59 00:40:47,865 --> 00:40:50,745 {\an8}I was in police custody for 14 days. 60 00:40:50,825 --> 00:40:53,585 {\an8}After that, I was in jail for three months. 61 00:40:57,745 --> 00:41:00,345 Being in jail, it was another hell... 62 00:41:02,105 --> 00:41:04,225 it was a terrifying place. 63 00:41:06,065 --> 00:41:07,185 I wasn't made for it. 64 00:41:08,425 --> 00:41:12,105 I am getting goosebumps just thinking about it. 65 00:41:13,425 --> 00:41:16,145 I could never do something like this or even think about it. 66 00:41:17,425 --> 00:41:20,105 I did the work, I'm not denying it, 67 00:41:21,025 --> 00:41:24,185 but you need to look at the environment. 68 00:41:24,745 --> 00:41:28,785 The document would come to Gokulnath Shetty from the customer, 69 00:41:29,625 --> 00:41:31,545 and then he would give it to me. 70 00:41:31,625 --> 00:41:34,825 I did not have the power to authorize anything in my role. 71 00:41:35,745 --> 00:41:38,345 I didn't know what was going on. 72 00:41:39,025 --> 00:41:41,265 I'd just done my work sincerely, 73 00:41:42,265 --> 00:41:43,745 but I was set up. 74 00:41:45,305 --> 00:41:46,465 I was set up. 75 00:46:24,825 --> 00:46:29,145 We never felt that Nirav sir could do something like this, 76 00:46:29,785 --> 00:46:32,425 that he'd take the money and run, we never thought that, 77 00:46:32,505 --> 00:46:34,785 because he was giving the poor a living. 78 00:46:35,185 --> 00:46:39,585 He was like a God, if a God helps his followers earn a living. 79 00:46:40,465 --> 00:46:44,465 There is no one else to support me, it's all down to me. 80 00:46:45,585 --> 00:46:49,225 Now, the situation is such that we can't provide for our children. 81 00:46:51,225 --> 00:46:53,545 That's what our situation has become now. 82 00:46:55,265 --> 00:46:59,345 I pray every day that our factory starts again... 83 00:47:01,065 --> 00:47:02,985 and Nirav sir comes back. 84 00:47:03,065 --> 00:47:05,625 Wherever he is, he should come back, 85 00:47:06,465 --> 00:47:11,785 and he should think about whether the workers have to be paid or not. 86 00:47:11,865 --> 00:47:13,945 He should pay the workers. 87 00:47:16,385 --> 00:47:18,065 If he pays everyone, 88 00:47:18,145 --> 00:47:20,585 then there will be more blessings for Firestar to start again. 89 00:47:40,265 --> 00:47:42,505 After this, my life has collapsed. 90 00:47:42,585 --> 00:47:44,865 I am half dead. 91 00:47:46,385 --> 00:47:47,385 I am from... 92 00:47:48,985 --> 00:47:49,985 a very common... 93 00:47:50,825 --> 00:47:52,145 a very common family. 94 00:47:53,545 --> 00:47:55,345 I had no one to ask for help.