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Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi informed Enforcement Directorate in the Bombay Court that he can\u2019t travel for 41 hours to reach India from Antigua due to his poor health.<\/p>

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Choksi accused ED of misleading probe by not revealing his health condition deliberately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also stated that he is in constant touch with banks and wants to settle the issues and is willing to join the investigation through video-conferencing.<\/p>

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The Enforcement Directorate has asked the court to declare Choksi as a fugitive economic offender and seize his properties.<\/p>

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Mehul Choksi was granted citizenship of Antigua and took an oath of allegiance on January 15. A few days later, on January 29, Central Bureau of Investigation filed a case and started investigating him and Nirav Modi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choksi and Nirav Modi are accused of Rs 13,000 crore fraud involving fake guarantees in the name of Punjab National Bank to secure loans abroad.<\/p>

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Earlier in December, the global police body Interpol issued a red corner notice against Choksi on the CBI\u2019s request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India is making efforts to bring back Choksi from Antigua under the provision of a law of the island nation, which provides for extradition of a fugitive. However, India and Antigua do not have a bilateral extradition pact.<\/p>

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