The Times of India reported on Sunday.
Choksi, 62, who is wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in India in connection with the Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, was caught in Dominica on May 26 after he allegedly fled Antigua and Barbuda. He was allegedly trying to flee to Cuba.
He moved the Dominican High Court after a lower court rejected his bail plea in relation to his illegal entry into the country. “I have extended an invitation to Indian authorities to interview me and ask any questions that they may have of me in relation to any investigation that they are conducting against me,” Choksi claimed in an eight-page affidavit filed on June 3. “I did not evade law enforcement in India. There was no warrant against me by the law enforcement authorities in India when I left India to seek medical treatment in the United States of America.”
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been produced before a local Magistrate in Dominica to answer charges of his illegal entry into the island country following a court order.Choksi appeared before the magistrate on a wheelchair.Earlier on .
Mehul Choksi case: Global image of Dominica as rule-based nation at stake? ANI | Updated: Jun 03, 2021 11:07 IST
Roseau [Dominica], June 3 (ANI): The global image of Dominica as a ruled-based, justice-loving island nation is at stake. Scamster fugitive Mehul Choksi, an Indian businessman who committed bank fraud of Rs 14,000 crores in India, has a red corner notice on him. He illegally entered Dominica and was reportedly planning to escape to Cuba.
Choksi and his team of lawyers claim that he was abducted and brought to Dominica and even claim that he was beaten up. Legal experts tracking the case closely told ANI that Choksi is an open shut case and should be repatriated to India. He committed crime in India, he is an Indian citizen who fled to Antigua, and by manipulation was using constitutional protection in the Caribbean nation.
Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi pleaded not guilty on the charges of his illegal entry into the Caribbean island nation. He was denied bail by the magistrate court.