Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi (file pic/ANI).
Denying him access to legal protection breach of human rights, says Mehul Choksi s Dominican lawyer ANI | Updated: May 28, 2021 02:15 IST
By Ashoke Raj
Saint John s (Antigua)/New Delhi (India), May 28 (ANI): Mehul Choksi s lawyer in DominicaWayne Marsh said that the fugitive diamantaire is entitled to a legal representation and denying him the access is a breach of his human rights. .First of all, Choksi is entitled to a legal representation while he is in Antigua or Dominica. The fact is that he is an Antiguan citizen an not an Indian citizen. I have heard Prime Minister of Antigua Gaston Browne said on air this morning that he has instructed the Dominican government to essentially. (I will put in this way) essentially take Choksi to India because if he be returned to Antigua he would have the constitutional protection which he would be entitled to, Marsh told ANI over phone.
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