Mehul Choksi produced before magistrate to answer charges of illegal entry into Dominica
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Last Updated: Jun 03, 2021, 08:47 AM IST
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Diamantaire Mehul Choksi was produced before a magistrate in Dominica to answer charges of his illegal entry into the Caribbean island nation following a high court order on Wednesday.
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Diamantaire Mehul Choksi was produced before a magistrate in Dominica to answer charges of his illegal entry into the Caribbean island nation following a high court order on Wednesday, local media reported. He appeared before the magistrate in a wheelchair in a blue T-shirt and black shorts.
Earlier in the day, Dominica High Court Judge Bernie Stephenson issued the order for his production before a magistrate after nearly three hours of hearing on a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of the businessman who had claimed that he was abducted from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda and forcefully brought to the Caribbean Island nation. She a
Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in India for his 13,500 crore PNB fraud, was produced before the magistrate in Dominica to explain his illegal entry into Dominica. His lawyers allege that he was kidnapped from Antigua and brought to Dominica against his wishes.
Read more about Joint team from India arrives in Dominica for Choksi s deportation on Business Standard. Choksi s Dominica-based lawyer Wayne Marsh earlier told ANI that his client has been abducted from Antigua and taken to Dominica against his will
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