Read more about Antigua and Barbuda prefers repatriation of Choksi from Dominica directly on Business Standard. Choksi had mysteriously gone missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he was staying since 2018 as a citizen.
Antigua and Barbuda prefers that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi be repatriated from Dominica to India directly, the Cabinet of the Caribbean island country decided in a meeting, local media reported.
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Mehul Choksi arrives for court hearing in a wheelchair.
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi s return to India has been delayed for now as hearing in the Dominica court was deferred on Thursday. The court has asked both prosecution and defence lawyers to discuss the matter among themselves.
The court will set the next date of hearing later, reports said. The case is pending in Dominica court. It ll decide whether he is in illegal custody or not. Then it ll be decided whether to send him to Antigua or India, Mehul Choksi s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal said.
Antigua and Barbuda wants Choksi repatriated to India
As a Dominican High Court is all set to hear the habeas corpus plea of Indian fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, the Antiguan Cabinet on Thursday discussed that the .
New Delhi, June 3
Antigua and Barbuda prefers that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi be repatriated from Dominica to India directly, the Cabinet of the Caribbean island country decided in a meeting,