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Dominica-based lawyer Wayne Marsh:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWhen I saw and spoke with with Mr. Choksi he was obviously distressed.<\/p>

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It took him a bit of time to get up from on the floor on a mattress on which he was lying. He had several bruises about his body. His eyes were seriously swollen. His hands, his body had several marks.<\/p>\n

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I asked him what had happened to him. He tells me that he\u2019d been abducted on Sunday at around 5:30 thereabout in Jolly Harbour.<\/p>

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He said that he was on his way to have dinner with an individual and persons, who he identified based upon the sound of their voice, as Indian and Antiguan police officers, grabbed him, put a mask over his head and beat him severely and placed him on a boat.<\/p>

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The boat, he said, is a 60-70ft yacht, a sailing vessel and it beared a Dominican flag. The boat he said took him to the southern tip of the island. He remained there until Monday evening when the Coast Guard came.<\/p>\n

He said that the Assistant Commissioner of police was there with the Coast Guard and then they took him to the station in Roseau. He remained there. He\u2019s not been allowed to speak with anyone, not his family, despite several requests that he be allowed to his family and his lawyers.\u201d<\/p>

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