Out on bail, Mehul Choksi returns to Antigua and Barbuda for medical remedy

Fugitive diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi has returned to Antigua and Barbuda for medical remedy, after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for unlawful entry which his legal professionals declare was a kidnapping plan.
“My client Mehul Choksi has returned to his home in Antigua safely. He faced no issues while entering back in Antigua. He is receiving medical treatment and his family is feeling relieved however torture during kidnapping has caused a lot of psychological and physical harm. All well that ends well. After tasting success in Dominica, now the legal team is gearing up for a long drawn fight in Antigua,” Choksi’s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal mentioned.

Earlier this week, Choksi was granted bail by a Caribbean courtroom on medical grounds and allowed to journey again to Antigua and Barbuda. The Dominican courtroom requested him to furnish a bond of 10,000 Eastern Caribbean {dollars} and in addition requested him to return to Dominica after remedy.
Choksi is the important thing accused in a Rs 13,000-crore at Punjab National Bank (PNB) mortgage fraud case. Choksi left India in 2018 earlier than the rip-off got here to gentle.

The bail order comes amid allegations from Choksi’s household and legal professionals that the jeweller was kidnapped from the Jolly Harbour space of Antigua by brokers of Indian businesses and forcibly taken to Dominica in May. According to his London lawyer Michael Pollak, this was completed to deprive him of the safety of the regulation that he enjoys in Antigua and Barbuda as a citizen of that nation.
Choksi is dealing with a case of extradition in Antigua on India’s request.