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Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore PNB scam, has been traced and arrested in Dominica. This comes days after he had gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda.
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Mehul Choksi had taken the citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda in 2017 (File).
New Delhi:
Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,500 crore loan fraud in Punjab National Bank, has gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since January 2018, his lawyer and the Royal Police Force of the Caribbean island nation said.
The country s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said he has no reliable information till date that Mr Choksi has fled the country and it was very likely that he was still in Antigua and Barbuda.
In a statement to the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda, Mr Browne said authorities were collaborating with the Indian government, neighbouring countries and international police organisation to try and locate Mr Choksi.