Hand Mehul Choksi over to India directly: Antigua and Barbuda PM to Dominica

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has asked neighbouring Dominica where fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi was caught to hand the diamantaire over to India directly local media reportedAfter news of Choksis arrest in Dominica came on Tuesday night local time Browne told local media that he has given clear instructions to the Dominican authorities to repatriate Choksi to IndiaWe asked them not to repatriate him to Antigua He needs to return to India where he can face the criminal charges levelled against him Antigua News Room a media outlet quoted Brownes interaction with journalists in Antigua and BarbudaChoksi will not have the same rights in Dominica as he has in Antigua and Barbuda where he had been staying since 2018 after taking citizenship in 2017 under the Citizenship by Investment programme Browne indicatedThe prime minister believes for this reason it would be easy for Dominica to repatriate him directly to India the report saidChoksi who had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda was captured after an Interpol Yellow Notice was issued against himA Yellow Notice is issued by the Interpol to track missing personsChoksi who is wanted in a Rs 13500crore loan fraud in the Punjab National Bank was last seen going for dinner in his car in Antigua and Barbuda on SundayHis staff had reported him missing after his car was foundThe businessmans lawyer Vijay Aggarwal had confirmed that Choksi had been missing since SundayThe reports of Choksi gone missing created a flutter in the Caribbeans island country after the opposition raised the issue in the Antigua and Barbuda ParliamentResponding to the opposition Prime Minister Browne had said his dispensation was collaborating with the Indian government neighbouring countries and international police organisations to try and locate himChoksi and his nephew Nirav Modi allegedly siphoned off Rs 13500 crore of public money from the staterun Punjab National Bank PNB using fraudulent letters of undertakingNirav Modi lodged in a London jail is contesting his extradition to India after repeated denial of his bail by courtsChoksi had taken citizenship in Antigua and Barbuda in 2017 and fled India in the first week of January 2018 The scam came to light subsequentlyBoth are facing a CBI probeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever