India has sent a private jet to Dominica with deportation documents for fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, PTI reported on Sunday, quoting ...
India has sent a private jet to Dominica with deportation documents for fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, PTI reported on Sunday, quoting Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
The 62-year-old businessman, wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in India in connection with the Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, was caught in Dominica on Wednesday after he fled Antigua and Barbuda. He was allegedly trying to flee to Cuba.
On Friday, a Dominican court extended the stay on Choksi’s deportation from the Caribbean island country till June 2. Choksi’s lawyers argued that he was no longer a citizen of India and so he couldn’t be sent there, NDTV reported.
On the same day, a private jet of Qatar Airways landed at Dominica’s Douglas-Charles airport, according to Antigua Newsroom. The plane took off from Delhi and landed in Dominica via Madrid, the Hindustan Times reported.
The Antigua and Barbuda prime minister confirmed this development to the media. “My understanding is that the Indian government has sent some documentation from the courts in India to confirm that Mr Choksi is indeed a fugitive and my understanding is that the documentation will be utilised in the court hearing next Wednesday,” Browne told the Antigua News Room, according to NDTV.
He added: “The Indian government seems to be...
