Choksi was arrested in Belgium in April this year. This arrest was made on the basis of an extradition request sent by India. Earlier also, the Belgian Court of Cassation had rejected his bail plea.
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ED seizes ₹1,968cr of Choksi’s assets in PNB scam. Extradition from Belgium remains stalled (since 2018) due to legal delays, health pleas, and treaty complexities. Read more at Dynamite News.
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and is now expected to be shifted to Jolly Harbour his home. According to a local Antiguan newspaper, Choksi arrived on a private airplane and was met by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the airport.
In a major setback to fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, Dominica High Court has denied bail saying that he has no ties to Dominica and the court cannot impose any conditions which will assure it that he wouldn’t abscond.
Hitting back at Opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) for supporting Mehul Choksi, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Saturday accused it of supporting fugitive diamantaire in order to secure campaign funding.
Efforts have been scaled up to bring back fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi. Media has learnt that multiple agencies are in touch with the government of Dominica on the issue which has been told that Choksi is originally an Indian citizen and had taken on new citizenship to escape the law in India after having committed a fraud of almost two billion US dollars.
Numerous searches have been conducted to locate diamantaire Mehul Choksi, but to no avail, said the Antiguan Police.
A Special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on two fresh applications filed in connection with the Punjab National Bank scam, in which Mehul Choksi is the prime accused.
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