Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi could be in India in 48 hours, says Antigua and Barbuda PM
Mehul Choksi, who was missing for the last few days, was found in the Caribbean country of Dominica.
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Updated: May 27, 2021, 06:57 AM IST
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne has said that Mehul Choksi could be sent back to India in the next 48 hours from Dominica where he was found. Choksi, who had gone missing from Antigua, was taken into custody by authorities of Dominica where he was captured trying to flee.
Speaking exclusively and extensively to our Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal, PM Browne said, Assuming no legal impediments, I believe within the next 48 hours Choksi could be perhaps in a private jet, you know, repatriated to India.
'No question of Mehul Choksi's deportation to India,' says fugitive diamantaire's lawyer - "My understanding is that his reaching Dominica is not voluntary. So, I find something fishy," Aggarwal also said.
Hand Choksi over to India directly: Antigua and Barbuda PM to Dominica
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May 27, 2021
Choksi, who is wanted in a ₹13,500-crore loan fraud in the Punjab National Bank Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has asked neighbouring Dominica, where fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi was caught, to hand the diamantaire over to India directly, local media reported.
After news of Choksi s arrest in Dominica came on Tuesday night (local time), Browne told local media that he has given clear instructions to the Dominican authorities to repatriate Choksi to India. “We asked them not to repatriate him to Antigua. He needs to return to India where he can face the criminal charges levelled against him,” Antigua News Room, a media outlet, quoted Browne s interaction with journalists in Antigua and Barbuda.