Kharge calls out govt’s double standards citing Choksi case
Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi removed from the Interpol database of Red Corner Notices while Opposition leaders remained on the radar of the CBI and the ED.
Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi removed from the Interpol database of Red Corner Notices while Opposition leaders remained on the radar of the CBI and the ED.
The 63-year-old fugitive is wanted in India in connection with a Rs 13,500-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
Choksi not only reached out to Henry but also tried to influence Antigua magistrate Conliffe Clarke through illegal payments.
The account became NPA on February 26, 2018, and January 31, 2017, respectively with Canara Bank and Bank of Maharashtra.
Slamming the central agency, Choksi's Advocate said that the financial institution should have carried valuation immediately after default.
The defence attorneys presented to the court a medical document that stated that Choksi is incapacitated and as a result, he was unable to attend the proceeding
Choksi is facing the charges of entering Dominica illegally. A Dominican High Court has restrained the extradition of Choksi.
Choksi was charged with illegal entry by the police in Dominica after he allegedly escaped from Antigua and Barbuda in a possible attempt to evade extradition to India.
A Dominican court has restrained his deportation till June 2 as it hears a habeas corpus filed by Choksi's lawyers.
The CBI and ED, which have filed separate chargesheets in the case, are trying for the extradition of Choksi.
