Mehul Choksi Extradition

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India has strongly presented its case relating to the extradition of fugitive economic offenders that have fled the country.

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.

Pulling off one of the biggest bank frauds in the country, fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi created a complex web of deception through fraudulent Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) to siphon off Rs 14,000 crore.

Disgraced diamond tycoon Nirav Modi's extradition to India would severely impact his mental health and be a "flagrant denial of justice," his lawyers said at a London court hearing.

Assets worth Rs 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred by the Enforcement Directorate to state-run banks that will help them recover losses on account of the fraud.

The lawyer of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was denied bail in the Dominica high court, said on Saturday that he cannot be sent back to India till his trial is going on in Dominica.

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed fugitive diamantaire, Mehul Choksi, as an "Indian citizen" and stated that the courts will decide what happens to the fugitive.

India will continue to ensure that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is brought back to the country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

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.

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.

The stay on fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi's extradition has been extended till June 2 by a Dominican court. He was arrested there for entering the country illegally.

India will use diplomatic channels to bring back Mehul Choksi from Dominica, sources said today after a statement by Antigua's Prime Minister that the fugitive jeweler can be sent back directly after his capture yesterday.

Mehul Choksi missing: Mehul Choksi - the 62-year-old fugitive diamantaire wanted by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in connection with Rs 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud case - has gone missing in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda

Fugitive billionaire Mehul Choksi is a "crook" and "adds no value to our country", said the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda where the diamond trader has taken citizenship. Antigua - among the many tax havens in the Caribbean - has no extradition treaty with India. The Prime Minister said that the businessman will be extradited to India, sayin...

The brother of fugitive billionaire Nirav Modi, wanted in India for bank fraud, can be arrested in any country, with the Interpol putting out a red corner notice. The request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest Nehal Deepak Modi came from the Enforcement Directorate, sources said.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India has strongly presented its case relating to the extradition of fugitive economic offenders that have fled the country.

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.

Pulling off one of the biggest bank frauds in the country, fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi created a complex web of deception through fraudulent Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) to siphon off Rs 14,000 crore.

Disgraced diamond tycoon Nirav Modi's extradition to India would severely impact his mental health and be a "flagrant denial of justice," his lawyers said at a London court hearing.

Assets worth Rs 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred by the Enforcement Directorate to state-run banks that will help them recover losses on account of the fraud.

The lawyer of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was denied bail in the Dominica high court, said on Saturday that he cannot be sent back to India till his trial is going on in Dominica.

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed fugitive diamantaire, Mehul Choksi, as an "Indian citizen" and stated that the courts will decide what happens to the fugitive.

India will continue to ensure that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is brought back to the country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

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.

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.

The stay on fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi's extradition has been extended till June 2 by a Dominican court. He was arrested there for entering the country illegally.

India will use diplomatic channels to bring back Mehul Choksi from Dominica, sources said today after a statement by Antigua's Prime Minister that the fugitive jeweler can be sent back directly after his capture yesterday.

Mehul Choksi missing: Mehul Choksi - the 62-year-old fugitive diamantaire wanted by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in connection with Rs 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud case - has gone missing in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda

Fugitive billionaire Mehul Choksi is a "crook" and "adds no value to our country", said the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda where the diamond trader has taken citizenship. Antigua - among the many tax havens in the Caribbean - has no extradition treaty with India. The Prime Minister said that the businessman will be extradited to India, sayin...

The brother of fugitive billionaire Nirav Modi, wanted in India for bank fraud, can be arrested in any country, with the Interpol putting out a red corner notice. The request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest Nehal Deepak Modi came from the Enforcement Directorate, sources said.