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Fugitive Mehul Choksi Goes missing In Antigua; Lawyer Claims family In The Dark
Even as he faces the prospect of being extradited to India, PNB scam accused Mehul Choksi went missing in the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda on May 23.
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Even as he faces the prospect of being extradited to India, fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi went missing in Antigua and Barbuda on May 23. Along with his nephew Nirav Modi, he has been accused of allegedly siphoning off Rs 13,500 crore of public money from the Punjab National Bank (PNB), using letters of undertaking. Owner of the Gitanjali group, a retail jewellery company, Choksi secured the citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda in November 2017 under the aegis of the Citizenship by Investment Programme and fled to the island nation in the first week of January 2018.