New Delhi:
62-year-old fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choski, who is wanted by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate for his involvement in the ₹ 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud and money-laundering case, has gone missing from Antigua and Barbuda. In 2018, he reportedly fled to these Caribbean island state to escape Indian law enforcement.
On Tuesday morning, Mr Choksi's lawyer, Vijay Aggarwal, acknowledged to NDTV that his client is missing and that his family is searching for him. Antiguan police had also initiated a manhunt, he added.
Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney was quoted by Antigua Newsroom as saying that his police were "following up on the whereabouts of Indian businessman Mehul Choksi."