Fugitive Nirav Modi was arrested on Tuesday by the Scotland Yard and produced before a District Judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London to be formally charged.

Modi was picked up from a metro station Holborn, central London, said officers in the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the case against him.

The location of the arrest indicated that Modi, wanted in India in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam case, was arrested from where he is believed to have been living in a plush apartment in Centre Point in the West End.

As the news of his arrest broke out on social media, Twitterati came out with jokes and memes.

News : #NiravModi arrested in London

PNB Manager : pic.twitter.com/fwKolGZKhu

— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) March 20, 2019

SBI to Indian authorities involved in arresting #NiravModi pic.twitter.com/FJ4bQPUuKZ

— SwatKat💃 (@swatic12) March 20, 2019

Vijay Mallya after hearing Nirav Modi got arrested:#NiravArrested #NiravModi pic.twitter.com/ozDKrkv2c0

— 🔅 (@Kashyap_ocean) March 20, 2019

*Nirav Modi arrested in London*

PNB Employees- pic.twitter.com/RptHopc5zb

— अभी_shake (@aao_twist_kare) March 20, 2019

#PNB bank staff after #NiravModi is arrested pic.twitter.com/MeqbCAElgC

— Gulshan Laassi (@gulshanlassi) March 20, 2019

*Nirav Modi arrested in London*

PNB Employees : pic.twitter.com/J3cdQK0rsK

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 20, 2019

*Fugitive diamond merchant #NiravModi arrested in London*

Meanwhile VijayMallya ; pic.twitter.com/KOFLSuLAQg

— Tweetera🐦 (@DoctorrSays) March 20, 2019

PNB when #NiravModi come back to India.( If he ever comes)#NiravArrested #London pic.twitter.com/U8ERmP2NXa

— शैतान अमरीका (@dubeyavish) March 20, 2019

PNB to Nirav Modi: pic.twitter.com/qHAlZVHL4T

— Romz (@RomanaRaza) March 20, 2019

#NiravModi arrested in London#NiravArrested pic.twitter.com/DDM9POBdNO

— Abhishek Editz (@AbhishekEditz) March 20, 2019