New Delhi | After Interpol removed the Red Notice against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, his spokesperson said there is “an alarming case of state orchestrated kidnap, torture and attempted rendition by the Indian government”. The spokesperson commented: “The report from the Antiguan police, and the evidence adduced by Mr Choksi in the ongoing High Court proceedings […]
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Mehul Choksi may have taken his girlfriend to Dominica, claims Antigua PM
New Delhi | Even as a court in Dominica is scheduled to hear the matter of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Wednesday after he was caught from the Caribbean island nation on May 26, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has claimed that Choksi may have taken his girlfriend to Dominica on a […]
Mehul Choksi was forced to get into vessel from Antigua and taken to Dominica: Lawyer
New Delhi | Even as India is trying to extradite fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case and was captured in Dominica, his lawyer Vijay Agarwal claimed that the Gitanjali group chairman was forced to get into a vessel from Antigua and he was taken to […]
Mehul Choksi goes missing in Antigua, says report
New Delhi | Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is wanted by the CBI and the ED in connection with the Punjab National Bank fraud case, has reportedly gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda, media reports said. The Commissioner of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, Atlee Rodney, said the force is currently following up […]
India asks Antigua to expedite Mehul Choksi’s extradition
New Delhi: The Indian government has urged Antigua to accelerate the legal process associated with the extradition of diamond trader Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam, said sources familiar with the development. Reportedly, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told the Antigua Observer, a local news […]
Antigua assures India it will extradite Mehul Choksi
United Nations : Antigua and Barbuda has assured India that it will extradite fugitive jewellery merchant Mehul Choksi as soon as the legal formalities are over, according to External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. The assurance was conveyed by Antigua’s Foreign Minister Chet Greene when he met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday on […]
Mehul Choksi extradition: Antigua examining India’s request
New Delhi : The Antigua and Barbuda government is examining India’s request for the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, one of the prime accused in the Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank fraud and who has now taken citizenship in that Caribbean nation, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. “We have submitted to the […]
Antigua agency’s statement nails Modi government’s lie: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Friday said that “complicity and connivance” of the government in the escape of jeweller Mehul Choksi, an accused in the PNB fraud, has been “exposed” after the Antigua government came clear on granting citizenship to Choksi. The party also demanded to know why Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not […]
CBI moves request for Choksi’s extradition from Antigua
New Delhi : The extradition request for fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, who has secured an Atiguan passport and is living there, will soon be sent to the Caribbean country, the CBI said on Friday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Rs 13,500-crore banking fraud allegedly committed by the jeweller and […]
Choksi given citizenship after NOC from India : Antigua
New Delhi : Fugitive Indian jeweller Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud, was given Antiguan citizenship after “stringent background checks” and a clearance certificate from the Indian authorities, the Antiguan government has said. The Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) of Antigua and Barbuda said that while conducting background checks on Choksi, […]