Mehul Chinubhai Choksi (born 5 May 1959) could be a fugitive Indian businessman, residing in Antigua and Barbuda, who is needed by the Indian judicial authorities for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property, corruption and concealment. In an interview, Choksi claimed that he's innocent and every one allegations against him are false, baseless and motivated by political expediency. Choksi holds Antiguan citizenship, and is that the owner of Gitanjali Group, a retail jewellery company with 4,000 stores in India.
An warrant for Choksi has been issued in reference to the alleged Punjab National full service bank fraud case. He was allegedly involved available market manipulation in 2013. In late May 2021, he had gone missing from Antigua and Barbuda. He was captured in Dominica while trying to escape to Cuba during a boat. A Caribbean court has currently issued a remain his repatriation from the country.
Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Dominica after he was reported missing early in the week from his target Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean nation of which he has been a citizen since early 2018. A look at the criminal charges Choksi is facing in India.
What is the status of the criminal cases in India against Choksi?
Choksi had left the country on January 7, 2018, days before the PNB scam came to light - he's learnt to own applied for citizenship in November 2017 under the island nation’s Citizenship by Investment programme and took oath of citizenship in January 2018. After the 2 central agencies CBI & ED began the probe within the case, Choksi was summoned multiple times for questioning. After he remained unavailable, a special court in March 2018 issued a non-bailable warrant against him.
In May 2018, the CBI filed a chargesheet against Choksi detailing his role within the case. Choksi continued to evade the probe despite the non-bailable warrants. In June 2018, he sought cancellation of the warrants on various grounds. These included his medical condition stating that he has blocked arteries, diabetes and a clot in his brain since 2012. His pleas said that these have made it extremely impossible for him to travel on long flights of 41 hours. another excuse he had given for not returning to India in 2018 was by citing ‘the recent trend of mob lynching’ and has said there's a threat to his life, showing willingness to face interrogators on video-conference.
While the agencies arrested other accomplices including staffers of PNB — a number of whom remain in custody — Choksi wasn't arrested. The ED even filed an application in July 2018 seeking to declare Choksi as a ‘fugitive economic offender’ under the then new ordinance. The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act gives the central government powers to proceed with confiscating of properties belonging to someone declared as a fugitive economic offender by a court even before the trial against them begins. The ED had given the special court an inventory of properties belonging to Choksi.
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Corrupt people like him suck money from us and poor's middle class in INDIA so leave INDIA for better endeavor and enjoyment -- I feel ashamed of INDIAN GOVERNMENT, why they're ineffectual to catch people like him until date ....
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