Lawyer of fugitive Diamantaire Mehul Choksi, Vijay Aggarwal, on Wednesday confirmed his recovery at Dominicia and said that efforts are being made to get a clea
Fugitive Indian diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who went missing from residence in Antigua and Barbuda, has been taken into custody by Dominica Police. Mehul Choksi, wanted in the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank scam case, was speculated to have fled Antigua.
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Bring Back Mehul Choksi: India In Touch With Dominica After Antigua Advises Deportation
Sources have informed that the Indian government was in touch with both Antigua and the Dominican government after Mehul Choksi was found on Wednesday
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A day after fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi was found after a three-day search in Dominica, sources have informed that the Indian government is in touch with both Antigua & Barbuda and the Dominican government over the matter. This comes after the Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, Gaston Browne, told Republic that he had asked Dominica to deport Choksi directly back to India as a persona-non-grata.
Mehul Choksi, who had been absconding since Sunday, is reportedly in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dominica, as per The Observer