A Justice of the Peace court docket in Dominica has rejected the bail utility of fugitive diamond service provider Mehul Choksi in reference to the unlawful entry into the nation.
Choksi has now been despatched to the hospital for therapy of the accidents sustained by him beneath police safety.
On Wednesday, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) directed that Choksi be produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace in reference to a case associated to his unlawful entry into the Caribbean island nation.
The High Court’s route got here when it was listening to Choksi’s plea towards deportation to India.
The Dominican Public Prosecution Service has instructed the ESCS that Choksi ought to be deported to India as his plea will not be maintainable. Choksi’s legal professionals have argued that he’s not a citizen of India as Article 9 of the Indian Constitution states that any one who acquires citizenship of a international nation shall mechanically stop to be a citizen of India. The High Court will resume the listening to of the case on Thursday.
Choksi is accused of defrauding the state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) to the tune of Rs 13,600 crore. He is out of India since 7 January 2018, a couple of days earlier than the PNB rip-off got here to gentle. On 15 January 2018, he took the oath of citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda.
Choksi went lacking on May 23 in Antigua and Barbuda. The subsequent day, he was caught by Dominica’s native police, allegedly when he arrived on a ship. Following this, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne stated that his authorities “in particular” requested Dominica “that Indian law enforcement agencies make necessary arrangements for him (Choksi) to return directly to India”. .
However, Choksi’s authorized staff has claimed that the 62-year-old businessman didn’t flee from Antigua, however was kidnapped by laying a honey lure.
According to his legal professionals, Choksi had over the previous six months befriended a girl who was referred to as to an condominium in Antigua on May 23 and was kidnapped by a bunch of males from there. He was then allegedly overwhelmed up and compelled right into a yacht earlier than being taken to Dominica.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
