Prime Minister Narendra Modi-Maled on Saturday, April 12, seemed to be a quick release of the refugeed merchant Mehul Choksi after his arrest by the Belgian police.
Choksi, 65, wanted in India in connection with SA £National Bank of Pandjab 13 500 (PNB) fraud has been avoiding authorities since 2018.
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Government sources told NDTV that a request for deportation of Choksi to India was submitted. “The government uses every available legal tool to put it back.”
The Belgian Federal Public Service of Justice said Mehul Choksi was arrested on Saturday, April 12, 2025. “He is detained in anticipation of further court proceedings. The access to his / her legal representative was secured. The Belgian federal public service may confirm that Indian authorities have made an extradition.
If the Choksi-PO run since 2018-brings back to India, this year will be the second high-ranking release after the US terrorist Tahawwur Rana, who was charged with the 26/11 terrorist attack last week.
The government will use every available legal tool to bring it back.
Choksi is expected to resort to legal means to resist the publication. This may include bail request, quote their age and health. Choski is a cancer patient.
“My client is not a flight risk. He is extremely ill and will undergo cancer treatment,” Choski’s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal told journalists. Choksi and his wife Preeti Choksi, a Belgian citizen, lived in Antwerp after winning a “residential card”.
What’s that?
Choksi, the escape of Diamond Trader and the owner of the Gitanjali Group are sought in the context of SA £13 500-Crore PNB bank loan for fraud. Together with his nephew Nirav Modim, Chorsi is accused of fraud for PNB. The duo reportedly cheated on the bank more than £13 500 crore.
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Choksi, Modi, their family members and employees, banks of banks and others were booked by ED and CBI in 2018 for committing alleged fraud at Brady House in PNB in Mumbai.
So far, ED has filed three fees against Choksi, while CBI also submitted similar fees.
Choksi had previously believed that he lived in Antigua and Barbuda before traveling to Belgium. Chorsus’ nephew Nirav Modi, filed in London’s prison, attacked his release to India after a repeated rejection of the bail of the courts.
In May 2021, Choksi disappeared from antigua, but was traced and later returned to him.
Previously, Antiguan Media reports suggest that Mehul and Preeti Choksi are considering settling in Geneva. At the beginning of this year, the legal advisor Choksi reported a special court in Mumbai that he is currently in Belgium in Antwerp, which will undergo blood cancer treatment.
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