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New Delhi–Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is wanted by the CBI and the ED in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, has reportedly been taken into custody in Dominica, media reports said.
The Antigua Observer reported that Choksi is in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dominica.
Choksi was reported missing on Sunday from Antigua and Barbuda, where he had taken citizenship, sparking a manhunt for the fugitive businessman.
On Sunday, the Commissioner of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Atlee Rodney, had said the force is currently following up on the whereabouts of Choksi, who is reportedly missing, local media Antigua News Room had reported.
Hand Fugitive Diamantaire Mehul Choksi Over To India Directly: Antigua And Barbuda PM Gaston Browne To DominicaÂ
Mehul Choksi. (Priyanka Parashar/Mint via Getty Images)
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was earlier captured in Dominica, is likely to be repatriated to India directly. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has reportedly asked Dominica to hand the diamantaire over to India directly, as per local media reports. 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.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was captured in Dominica after going missing for three days "needs to return to India" where he can face the criminal charges .