Mehul Choksi can't be moved out of Dominica, claims lawyer

Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi cannot be moved out Dominica until further orders a court said while hearing the petition of the businessman who has been captured in Dominica on WednesdayChoksi is wanted in India by the CBI and the ED in Rs 13500 crore Punjab National Bank PNB fraud case He had gone missing from Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday sparking a massive manhunt He was captured in Dominica on WednesdayChoksis lawyer Vijay Agarwal told IANS Upon filing of habeas corpus petition titled Mehul Choksi versus Attorney general of Commonwealth of Dominica and chief of police Dominica court has ordered a restraint on removing Choksi from the land of Dominica until further orderHe said that the Dominica court has also permitted legal assistance and access to lawyers to ChoksiAgarwal said that the matter shall be now heard on Friday morning in DominicaAlso Read Deporting Mehul Choksi to India directly may not be easyOn Thursday night Agarwal had said Choksi was forced to get into a vessel from Antigua and he was taken to DominicaHe also claimed that Choksi was kept there and then on Monday he was taken to the police station but the news of his arrest was broken only on Wednesday and there are marks on his body of the forceThe advocate said Choksi has narrated his horrifying experience which is an eyeopener and vindicates my stand that he would not have gone from Antigua voluntarily Choksi has said that he was forced to get into a vessel from Jolly Harbor in Antigua and he was taken to DominicaAgarwal also said that Choksi was kept there and then on Monday he was taken to the police station Since then he has been there and this news to the world was broken only on WednesdayHe claimed that there are marks on Choksis body of the forceThere is something fishy and I guess it was a strategy to take him to another place so that there are chances of sending him back to India So I dont know what forces are operating The time will tell he saidOn Wednesday Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that the fugitive diamantaire needs to return to India where he can face the criminal charges levelled against himAntigua News Room a media outlet quoted Browne as telling journalists in Antigua and Barbuda We asked them not to repatriate him to Antigua He needs to return to India where he can face the criminal charges levelled against himThe Antigua Observer also said that Browne has reportedly told the media in India that he has asked Dominican government to detain Choksi for entering their country illegally Browne has asked that officials in Dominica make Choksi persona non grata and have him deported directly to India the Antigua Observer reportedChoksi an accused in the over Rs 13500 crore PNB fraud case along with his nephew Nirav Modi has been residing in Antigua and Berbuda since January 4 2018The CBI and ED which have filed separate chargesheets in the case are trying for the extradition of ChoksiThis 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