National News / Fugitive fugitive Mehul Choksi was caught in Dominica 3 days ago from Antigua

New Delhi. The accused and missing businessman Mehul Choksi, who is absconding from India, is under the grip of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dominica. Antigua media has given information about this. Mehul Choksi is seen in the Caribbean country of Dominica, after Dominica Island police have interrogated him diplomatically to send him back to Antigua after several hours of questioning after detaining him. At the same time, Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne told CNN News 18 that "We have asked the Dominican government to take him (fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi) into custody for illegally entering his country and calling him an undesired person directly in India." Be sent. "

Actually, Mehul Choksi suddenly got out of his car from his residence on Sunday, 23 May at 5.30 pm, but after some time his car was found in unclaimed condition around there, after that his family and Mehul Choksi's in India The lawyer, Vijay Agarwal, told the media and other agencies that he had gone missing from Antigua, for which they are all very upset. However, after that incident, the Royal Police Force, with immediate effect, first started searching for Mehul Choksi by issuing a statement with a steel picture of him.

Choksi is wanted in PNB scam

Mehul Choksi, an absconding businessman from India, has been living in the Jolly Harbor area of ​​Antigua for a long time. Since then, the team of CBI (ED) and the investigating agency of India have been trying to get him extradited back to India. Explain that Choksi is wanted in a case of alleged fraud of Rs 13,500 crore with Punjab National Bank (PNB). Interpol has also issued a red corner notice against Choksi.

Choksi's lawyer claims that his client is a citizen of Antigua. As such he has the rights to meet all the people of Antigua. Let me tell you that the Caribbean country is Dominica, next to Antigua, from where Mehul Choksi has now been arrested.

Choksi acquired citizenship of the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda in 2017, before fleeing to India in January 2018.

Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi have been accused of allegedly cheating Punjab National Bank (PNB) with some 13,000 crore rupees in connivance with some bank officials.

Nirav Modi is currently lodged in a London jail. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating against both.