Mehul Choksi's lifelong drive to do 'something big' ends in Caribbean trial

Bank fraud, Bollywood ambassadors and an offshore soap opera - the many acts of a fugitive diamantaire

Fugitive jeweller Mehul Chinubhai Choksi, aka Pappu bhai, is now at the centre of a dramatic tabloid scene in the Caribbean Islands as he awaits a decision from the authorities on whether he can continue to stay in the country or be returned to either Antigua or India, depending on the status of his immigration and the legalities of extradition for alleged fraud and white collar crime. 

But then drama has always been part of Choksi’s life. Compared to his nephew Nirav Modi, who is now in jail in England fighting extradition to India, Choksi’s largely been known to control the