After bail, Choksi returns to Antigua for treatment
His legal team approached the Dominica high court last week seeking relief on the ground that his health was deteriorating and he needed urgent medical attention
His legal team approached the Dominica high court last week seeking relief on the ground that his health was deteriorating and he needed urgent medical attention
Bail granted on medical grounds, said Choksi's lawyer Vijay Aggarwal; bail plea was supposed to be heard on 23 July
Mehul Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are being investigated by the ED and the CBI after it was detected that they allegedly cheated Punjab National Bank of more than Rs 13,400 crore.
Choksi, in a bid to avoid extradition to India, had earlier this year, surrendered his passport to the Indian High Commission in Antigua.
Choksi, currently based in the Caribbean nation of Antigua, filed an affidavit stating he had left the country in January 2018 for getting medical check-up and treatment abroad.
In a sangfroid-laced conversation, Sir Vivian Richards talks about cricket, health issues and representing the American University of Antigua.
Mehul Choksi had earlier in July claimed that he had taken the citizenship of the Caribbean island nation.
This was Choksi's first interview since the multi-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case came to light.
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