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DNA Special: Will India get fugitive Mehul Choksi back?
Fugitive Mehul Choksi is currently in the Caribbean country of Dominica.
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Updated: Jun 1, 2021, 06:27 AM IST
The first pictures of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi were released by a local media outlet on Saturday (May 29). In the three photographs released by Antigua News Room, Choksi was seen with swollen eyes and bruises on his arms.
A private jet from India, which currently stands at Dominica s Douglas-Charles airport, flew from Delhi Airport on May 28 with documents related to Mehul Choksi and has been parked in Dominica since then. The important thing is that the one-hour fare of this private jet is Rs 8,40,000.
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The opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) has expressed “serious concern” in light of recent statements attributed to Prime Minister Gaston Browne in…