Mehul Choksi’s bribery of Antigua officials exposed
Choksi not only reached out to Henry but also tried to influence Antigua magistrate Conliffe Clarke through illegal payments.
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Choksi not only reached out to Henry but also tried to influence Antigua magistrate Conliffe Clarke through illegal payments.
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
Choksi is facing the charges of entering Dominica illegally. A Dominican High Court has restrained the extradition of Choksi.
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.
“We remain committed to bringing economic offenders back to India,” the spokesperson added.
Mehul Choksi had earlier in July claimed that he had taken the citizenship of the Caribbean island nation.
The Extradition Act, 1993, of Antigua and Barbuda provides the legal basis for extraditing fugitive Indian diamond merchant Mehul Choksi
A team from India was sent to Antigua a few days ago to pursue the authorities there to extradite Choksi, an accused in the alleged PNB fraud case.
Choksi and his companies allegedly availed credit from overseas branches of Indian banks using the fraudulent guarantees of PNB.
Antigua is among the many tax havens in the Caribbean and has no extradition treaty with India, which makes it harder to chase the fugitive diamond merchant.
Choksi claimed he had taken Antigua citizenship last year to expand business as passport of Caribbean nation provides visa-free travel to 132 countries
Last week, it came to light that Mehul Choksi had acquired citizenship of Antigua even before the USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank fraud was unearthed.
Choksi, wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case along with nephew Nirav Modi, had taken Antiguan citizenship last year.
Mehul Choksi, the fugitive uncle of the Rs 13,500-crore PNB fraud main accused Nirav Modi, said that the reason why he took the citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda is because he intends to “expand his business”.
