Fugitive Indian-born jeweller Mehul Choksi is under arrest in Dominica. His wife spoke to Business Standard
The Indian government is reported to have applied for his extradition to India in a Dominican court, which is scheduled to hear the case on Wednesday
India sent a private jet to Dominica carrying documents related to the deportation of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne told a radio show
Efforts have been scaled up to bring back fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi. Multiple agencies are in touch with the government of Dominica on the issue
Days after he was found and later arrested in Dominica, the first pictures of India-born fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi surfaced on Saturday showing him sustaining several injuries.The pictures, supplied by the AntiguaNewsRoom, is showing him sustaining several injuries on his hands and the left eye which appeared bruised and swollen.Posting the picture, the AniguaNewsRoom tweeted, "First pictures emerge of Mehul Choksi behind bars."In an interview with ANI on May 28, Choksi's Dominica-based lawyer Wayne Marsh had said that my client was abducted from Antigua on Sunday (May 23) and beaten up."I noticed that he was severely beaten, his eyes were swollen and had several burnt marks on his body (apparently burnt by some electronic device). He reported to me that he was abducted at Jolly Harbour in Antigua and brought to Dominica by persons whom he believed to be Indian and Antiguan police on a vessel he described to be about 60-70 feet in length," Marsh told ANIEarlier, after taking ..
Lawyers of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was detained in Dominica, have filed a habeas corpus petition in a court of the Carribean island country
'We will not accept him back,' says Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, from where the diamond merchant fled.
A special CBI court in Mumbai rejected the interim bail plea of Arjun Patil, who was arrested in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam
The fugitive diamantaire was arrested by the UK Police in London in March 2019 and his repeated applications for bail, were rejected by the Westminster Magistrates' Court and High Court, London
In the last five years, India managed to bring only about 20 fugitive offenders including AgustaWestland deal middleman Christian Michel James
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The 49-year-old appeared via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London and showed no emotion
The diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge ruled that he does have a case to answer before the Indian courts
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Nirav Modi currently remains behind bars in a London prison
The jeweller has been in prison since he was arrested on March 19, 2019, on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard and his attempts at seeking bail have been repeatedly turned down
Choksi, 61, is the maternal uncle of Nirav Modi who is the other prime accused in the alleged over USD 2 billion (more than Rs 13,000 crore) Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case
Mehul Choksi has fled India and is stated by probe agencies to be based in Antigua and Barbuda. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news
Modi was charged in the state supreme court with "grand larceny in the first degree" for allegedly "fraudulently obtaining over $2.6 million worth of diamonds
Modi is wanted in India to face trial in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case