Dominican Court to Hear Fugitive Diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s Case Today

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in Dominica is scheduled to hear Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s case on Wednesday.
Source: Google / Image credit: ANI News
Source: Google / Image credit: ANI News

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in Dominica is scheduled to hear Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's case on Wednesday. According to the information, the hearing will start at around 6.30 pm (Indian time). Choksi's case was heard in the Dominica court on Friday last week, which was adjourned till the next hearing on June 2. Last week, he had gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda and later arrested in Dominica on May 26.

Meanwhile, the Indian government is making every effort to ensure that he is brought back to India. Choksi's lawyers have filed a habeas corpus petition in this case. For this reason, the court had stayed his extradition in the last hearing. The lawyers alleged that Mehul Choksi was kidnapped by the Antigua police. However, the Antigua police flatly denied these allegations. In today's hearing, India will present many strong evidences against Mehul Choksi in court.

Mehul took Antigua-Barbuda citizenship in 2017"

Choksi, wanted by CBI and ED in connection with Rs 14500 crore PNB scam had fled abroad in January 2018. Later, he had taken Antigua-Barbuda citizenship only in 2017. Meanwhile, CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) are trying to extradite Choksi.

Source: Google / Image credit: ANI News
Source: Google / Image credit: ANI News

The main accused in this scam was Choksi's nephew Nirav Modi, who is in London's Wandsworth jail. His extradition has also been approved by the court and government there. But Nirav has challenged the extradition decision in the High Court of London. In this case, it may take 10 to 12 months for the High Court to pronounce a decision. The PNB scam came to light in February 2018 when the bank informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it had detected fraudulent and unauthorised transactions worth Rs 11,380 crore at a branch in South Mumbai.

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