Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was captured in Dominica after going missing for three days "needs to return to India" where he can face the criminal charges .
Hand Choksi over to India directly: Antigua and Barbuda PM to Dominica
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May 27, 2021
Choksi, who is wanted in a ₹13,500-crore loan fraud in the Punjab National Bank Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has asked neighbouring Dominica, where fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi was caught, to hand the diamantaire over to India directly, local media reported.
After news of Choksi s arrest in Dominica came on Tuesday night (local time), Browne told local media that he has given clear instructions to the Dominican authorities to repatriate Choksi to India. “We asked them not to repatriate him to Antigua. He needs to return to India where he can face the criminal charges levelled against him,” Antigua News Room, a media outlet, quoted Browne s interaction with journalists in Antigua and Barbuda.
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India is in touch with the governments of Dominica, and Antigua and Barbuda to bring back fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi from the Caribbean region, sources said on Thursday. Choksi, who had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda, was captured in neighbouring Dominica after an Interpol Yellow Notice was issued against him, Antiguan media reported on Wednesday. The sources said India was in touch with Antigua and Barbuda on the matter and now contact has been established with the government of Dominica. We are in touch with them. Our interest in getting fugitives like Choksi and others remains strong, said a source, adding the focus has been to bring them back to the country at the earliest.
Choksi, who had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda, was captured in neighbouring Dominica after an Interpol Yellow Notice was issued against him, Antiguan media reported on Wednesday.