Mehul Choksi Antigua

Mehul Choksi, the diamantaire who is wanted in India in connection with Rs 13000 crore fraud cannot be removed from Antigua and Barbuda, the country's High Court said Friday as it gave the ruling in his favour.

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been buying protection in Antigua by bribing a string of officials according to investigations conducted by Kenneth Rijock, a renowned financial crimes investigator.

Back in Antigua and Barbuda after being jailed in Dominica, fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi on Thursday said he "permanently scarred" and blamed Indian law enforcement agencies for trying to kidnap him.

Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and Barbuda, where he has been staying since 2018 after leaving India, after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry which his lawyers claim was a kidnapping plan, local media reported.

Mehul Choksi, the fugitive wanted in India for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank and jailed in Dominica since May, today got bail on medical grounds. Last week he said he was kidnapped from Antigua And Barbuda, of which he's a citizen.

Dominica PM Roosevelt Skerrit termed as "total nonsense" the claims that his government was involved in alleged "kidnapping" of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, wanted in Rs 13,500 crore PNB scam, from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said he is not aware of "any conclusive evidence" but there is information in public domain that diamantaire Mehul Choksi was abducted.

The legal team of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in London has approached the Metropolitan Police under the "universal jurisdiction" provision to investigate his alleged kidnapping from Antigua and Barbuda to neighbouring Dominica.

The Dominica High Court has adjourned the bail hearing of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi till June 11, local media reports stated.

Mehul Choksi, the fugitive jeweller wanted by Indian investigators, has alleged that he was kidnapped and beaten by men who claimed to be Antiguan police, in a police complaint filed by his lawyers in Dominica, where he is jailed.

The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has started investigations into the alleged abduction of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to neighbouring Dominica on a complaint filed by his lawyers, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said.

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.

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is in Dominician police custody, is fit to be deported to India, according to former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director AP Singh.

India will press for early deportation of Mehul Choksi in Dominica on the ground that he continues to be Indian citizen, a government official has told NDTV. Despite acquiring Antiguan citizenship, Mehul Choksi has not renounced his Indian citizenshi

An eight-member multi-agency team from India is in Dominica to bring back fugitive Mehul Choksi, who is in jail there after an alleged escape attempt from Antigua, where he had been living since 2018.

Mehul Choksi, the diamantaire who is wanted in India in connection with Rs 13000 crore fraud cannot be removed from Antigua and Barbuda, the country's High Court said Friday as it gave the ruling in his favour.

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been buying protection in Antigua by bribing a string of officials according to investigations conducted by Kenneth Rijock, a renowned financial crimes investigator.

Back in Antigua and Barbuda after being jailed in Dominica, fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi on Thursday said he "permanently scarred" and blamed Indian law enforcement agencies for trying to kidnap him.

Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and Barbuda, where he has been staying since 2018 after leaving India, after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry which his lawyers claim was a kidnapping plan, local media reported.

Mehul Choksi, the fugitive wanted in India for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank and jailed in Dominica since May, today got bail on medical grounds. Last week he said he was kidnapped from Antigua And Barbuda, of which he's a citizen.

Dominica PM Roosevelt Skerrit termed as "total nonsense" the claims that his government was involved in alleged "kidnapping" of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, wanted in Rs 13,500 crore PNB scam, from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said he is not aware of "any conclusive evidence" but there is information in public domain that diamantaire Mehul Choksi was abducted.

The legal team of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in London has approached the Metropolitan Police under the "universal jurisdiction" provision to investigate his alleged kidnapping from Antigua and Barbuda to neighbouring Dominica.

The Dominica High Court has adjourned the bail hearing of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi till June 11, local media reports stated.

Mehul Choksi, the fugitive jeweller wanted by Indian investigators, has alleged that he was kidnapped and beaten by men who claimed to be Antiguan police, in a police complaint filed by his lawyers in Dominica, where he is jailed.

The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has started investigations into the alleged abduction of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to neighbouring Dominica on a complaint filed by his lawyers, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said.

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.

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is in Dominician police custody, is fit to be deported to India, according to former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director AP Singh.

India will press for early deportation of Mehul Choksi in Dominica on the ground that he continues to be Indian citizen, a government official has told NDTV. Despite acquiring Antiguan citizenship, Mehul Choksi has not renounced his Indian citizenshi

An eight-member multi-agency team from India is in Dominica to bring back fugitive Mehul Choksi, who is in jail there after an alleged escape attempt from Antigua, where he had been living since 2018.