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Mehul Choksi Appeared Before Magistrate, Bail Plea Rejected, Extradition Hearing On June 14

New Delhi: A Court In Dominica Has Rejected The Bail Plea Of ​​Fugitive Diamond Merchant Mehul Choksi In The Rs 13,500 Crore Fraud Case From Punjab National Bank (PNB). Earlier On Wednesday, He Was Produced Before A Magistrate In Dominica To Answer Charges Of His Alleged Illegal Entry Into The Caribbean Island Nation Following A High Court Order, According To Several Local Media Reports.




The 63-Year-Old Businessman Appeared Before The Magistrate, Where A Separate Trial Is Likely To Be Initiated Against Him. He Was Brought To Court In A Blue T-Shirt And Black Shorts In A Wheelchair.

Earlier, The Dominica High Court Judge, Bernie Stephenson, Had Issued Directions That Choksi Should Be Produced Before A Magistrate Hearing A Habeas Corpus Petition Filed By Him, Who Claimed He Had Been Arrested In Neighboring Antigua And Barbuda. He Was Abducted And Forcibly Brought To Dominica.

The Dominica High Court Ruled That The Businessman Would Face Charges Of Illegally Entering The Caribbean Island Nation, And Adjourned Until Thursday A Petition Challenging His Detention In The Island. Choksi’s Lawyers Had Argued That He Should Have Been Produced In The Magistrate’s Court Within 72 Hours Of His Arrest.

However, Choksi’s Legal Team Also Told The Court That The Businessman Was A Citizen Of Antigua And That Two Cases Related To His Extradition And Revocation Of Citizenship Are Currently Pending, So He Should Be Brought Back To The Island.

According To Local News Reports, His Lawyers Said He Did Not Feel Safe In Police Custody And Should Be Deported Back To Antigua. He Also Said That He Would Pay For His Safety And The Issue Of Injury Marks Found On His Body Was Raised.

Meanwhile, Choksi’s Wife Preeti On Wednesday Said That The Woman, Who Is Rumored To Be The Businessman’s Girlfriend, Knew The Husband And His Other Acquaintances. News Agency ANI Quoted Preeti Choksi As Saying, “The Woman Knew My Husband And His Other Acquaintances. She Used To Stay With My Husband From Time To Time, When He Visited Antigua. People Who Have Met Her, Media She Is Not The Same Woman They Know On The Channels As Barbara.”

Last Week, Antigua And Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne Claimed That Choksi May Have Taken His Girlfriend On A Romantic Trip To Dominica, From Where He Was Caught.

Several News Reports, Citing Sources, Mention That India Has Sent Officials With Legal Documents And A Special Aircraft Directly To Dominica For Choksi’s Deportation.

Choksi Allegedly Misappropriated Crores Of Rupees From The State-Run PNB Using Fake Letter Of Undertaking. In 2017, The Economic Offender Took Citizenship In Antigua And Barbuda And Fled India In Early January 2018.

Parvesh Maurya
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