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By Gemma Handy gemma.handy@antiguaobserver.com Fugitive diamond dealer Mehul Choksi is set to stay in Dominica for at least the next few days after the country’…
Choksi's lawyers stated in their writ petition that he was denied legal rights and was not permitted to meet with his legal counsel initially
The court passed the order after Mehul Choksi's legal team in Dominica filed a habeas corpus petition and pointed out that he was denied legal rights and was not permitted to meet his lawyers initially
Choksi's lawyer in Dominica, Wayne Marsh, had told a radio show that in a brief interaction with his client, allowed by authorities after a lot of efforts, the diamantaire had claimed that he was picked up at Jolly Harbour in Antigua and Barbuda by men looking like Indian and Antiguan policemen and was put in a vessel.
Mehul Choksi's lawyer has alleged that there are ‘marks of torture’ on the fugitive diamantaire's body.