Klenofer escape Mehul Choksi was arrested on Saturday 12th April by the Belgian authorities on the basis of an application for the issue of Indian Sond agencies about its involvement in more £13 000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud. Mehul Choksi probably challenges his release in India for medical reasons.
The Central Office for Investigation (CBI) and Directorate for Recovery (ED) for the “second” main accusation in the case of PNB fraud, when it was found that in Antwerp Belgium in 2024 he lives in Antwerp Belgium in Antwerp Belgium in 2024.
The police quoted two open arrests-on 23 May 2018 and 15 June 2021-eaten against Mehul Choksi by a court in Mumbai as the basis of his arrest. He is currently held in prison.
Mehul Choksi fled from India with his nephew Nirav Modim in January 2018 weeks before the fraud came to light. Initially he traveled to the United States, later emerged in Antigua and eventually ended up in Belgium when the Indian authorities followed its release. In 2017 he acquired citizenship Antigua.
The news also indicated that he was planning to move to Geneva in Switzerland from Belgium.
Mehul Choksi took the citizenship of Antigua and Barbudy in 2017, and a complaint against him was filed weeks before 2016.
In 2018, proceedings for the localization of the refugee were initiated and the application for extradition was sent to the antiguan authorities after the credible information that he lived in the Caribbean nation.
He then questioned the application for issuance, quoted bad prison conditions in India and claimed that he was the goal of political conspiracy.
In 2021 he disappeared from Antigua, but was later discovered in Dominice, another Caribbean island nation. He was followed by the “yellow” announcement of Interpola. CBI was then informed about its location.
The CBI team also went to Dominica to get him back to India, but the Earth High Court sent him to Antigua.
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In February 2025, the Bombay court was informed that Mehul Choksi was suspected of blood cancer in Belgium for medical treatment.
Two weeks ago, Mehul Choksi and his wife Preeti won in Belgium cards F-Residency. Preeti, a Belgian citizen, has family ties in the country, as well as the widespread Chorsi family.
This further complicated matters for India, because neither Belgium nor India are obliged to issue their own citizens. Moreover, the extradition would only be possible if alleged crimes are considered to be crimes under the laws of both countries under the issuing contract between the two countries.
Rezidence also awards Mehul Choksi freedom of traveling between European countries.
“I wasn’t fled from India”: Mehul Chocksi
In May 2024, Mehul Choksi told a special court that in the case of PNB fraud, he “does not avoid criminal prosecution” to “not avoid criminal prosecution”, nor reject returns to the country and at the same time claim that he cannot be declared a fired economic perpetrator.
The reason he gave was his passport, which was suspended by the Indian authorities, which prevented him from returning, and these were “reasons outside his control”.
“This is a specific case of the current applicant (Mehul Chorsi) that he did not leave India to avoid criminal prosecution, nor refused to return to India to face criminal prosecution, but was unable to return for reasons that were out of his control,” PMLA special court said.
Mehul Choksi also revealed that he left India for his medical checks before the FIRS were submitted in the case of the bank fraud.
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