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Fugitive Mehul Choksi Goes missing In Antigua; Lawyer Claims family In The Dark
Even as he faces the prospect of being extradited to India, PNB scam accused Mehul Choksi went missing in the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda on May 23.
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Even as he faces the prospect of being extradited to India, fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi went missing in Antigua and Barbuda on May 23. Along with his nephew Nirav Modi, he has been accused of allegedly siphoning off Rs 13,500 crore of public money from the Punjab National Bank (PNB), using letters of undertaking. Owner of the Gitanjali group, a retail jewellery company, Choksi secured the citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda in November 2017 under the aegis of the Citizenship by Investment Programme and fled to the island nation in the first week of January 2018.
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25th May, 2021 11:55 IST
Mehul Choksi Flees To Cuba Owing To Fear Of Extradition To India In PNB Scam Case: Report
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has fled to Cuba from Antigua and Barbuda owing to the fear of being extradited to India in the PNB scam case, a report said.
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Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has fled to Cuba from Antigua and Barbuda owing to the fear of being extradited to India in the PNB scam case, a media report claimed. Caribbean news outlet
Associate Times quoted his close aide Govin as saying that he left the island nation a few days ago and is currently living in a safe house at an undisclosed location in Cuba. Claiming that the PNB scam accused also holds the citizenship of another Caribbean country, he attributed Choksi s latest move to the government of Antigua and Barbuda initiating the process to revoke his citizenship.
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Mehul Choksi Missing? Antigua Cops Confirm Wife s Complaint; FM Thanks India For Vaccine
As the search for fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi continues, an Antiguan police officer told Republic that a missing complaint had been filed by his wife
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As the search for the fugitive former diamantaire Mehul Choksi continues, a police officer from Johnson Point police station (the precinct near where Choksi has a home) told Republic TV on Tuesday that a missing complaint had been filed by his family. The PNB scam accused purportedly went missing after going out for dinner in Antigua island on May 23 and could not be traced even though his vehicle was traced in the Jolly Harbour later. Speaking exclusively to Republic TV s Executive Editor Niranjan Narayanaswamy, an officer from the Johnson Point Police Station said that the statement of Mehul Choksi s wife had been recorded after she lodged the missing persons com