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(Reuters) -Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi accused India of orchestrating his kidnapping to extradite him on fraud allegations, with his lawyers telling London’s High Court on Monday that only India had the motivation and resources to do so.
Choksi – who was arrested in Belgium in April – is wanted in India over his alleged involvement in one of India’s biggest bank frauds at Punjab National Bank, which in 2018 announced it had discovered alleged fraud worth $1.8 billion.
The Indian government has since sought to extradite Choksi, who faces charges alongside his nephew Nirav Modi, who has been in custody in Britain since 2019. The pair deny any wrongdoing.
Choksi is separately suing the Indian government in London, arguing that the state was responsible for his kidnapping in Antigua in 2021, when he says he was abducted and taken to Dominica in an attempt to extradite him to India.
India’s lawyer Harish Salve said in court filings that “there is no evidence of India having anything to do with the alleged events”.
Choksi alleges he was beaten in a failed attempt to extort a false confession and implicate India’s political opposition, which he says points to state involvement in the incident.
Choksi’s lawyer Edward Fitzgerald told the court: “The evidence points inevitably to India being behind this – they had the motivation, they had the resources.”
Monday’s hearing, the first since Choksi filed his case last year, was held to decide when India’s application to throw out Choksi’s lawsuit on state immunity should be held.
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This story sounding like a whole Netflix series now.
Me still trying figure out how man could get kidnapped from a whole island just so.
Choksi always inna one drama—when this saga go done?
Me nah know who to believe again—too much twist and turn.
Why would India risk so much just to grab one man?
The man run here for refuge—then claim he get snatched? Strange business.
This incident needs indept investigating, especially from Antigua’s end as the exercise started here. Choksi knows who invited him here and to all whom he was connected. Their knowledge of his story was the single reason that he was sought but he downplayed or outrightly denied his involvement in the alleged scheme and that angered some persons who had intentions of really benefiting from his status as a fugitive; he was expected to pay handsomely for his protection but no such thing was happening so a plan was devised to kidnap and hand him to Indian mercenaries. The enablers were going to get their payoff one way or the other and the act was very brutal but before the story even made the local news, one team member, whom it was said to be the chief planner, revealed that Choksi had gone on a rendezvous with his girlfriend. If you ever followed the story, you will observe that only someone with very close ties would be privy to these kinds of information and law enforcement have not gotten involved to any serious extent. If Choksi is ever extradited, he should inform the world of his troubles in a little place called Antigua.
Choksi became a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda through our CIP. If his kidnapping claims hold up in court, it raises serious questions about our national security and sovereignty. and since The CIP is the hot topic lately i hope y’all take notes
This man is wanted for one of the largest bank frauds in Indian history, and now he’s playing the victim card? Convenient timing while sitting in custody in Belgium
this guy is a legend in own rights
Just think, Choksi; an (CIP) Antiguan Citizen is wanted (allegedly) for “one of the largest bank frauds in Indian history” and is now “playing victim” as he sit in a Belgian jail.
Did Antigua and Barbuda do their due delegence before Granting Mehul Choksi and family the nation’s Passport? There are many questions that could be asked regarding this whole Choksi saga.
When Antigua government keeps selling its citizenship to these fraudsters and criminals, what y’all think the outside nations are going to think?
We got to stop hiding criminals in the Caribbean, because in the end it’s the normal hard working man that gets hurt.
These corrupt politicians already have their lawyer fees and pensions plan secured, and if they don’t pay for their own lawyer fees, they just come for more tax money from the poor.
Antigua is always in the news for a good reason, because it’s been known for years that public officials are involved with money racketeering.
Look what Antigua did for that big theif “Allan Stanford”, they made that lying swindler into a king in Antigua.
So I don’t want to hear crap from this lying Indian swindler, they are all crooks.
Remember that the US will never forgive Antigua for Allen Sanford and the likes of the crypto kid..two of the biggest scammers of all time, who rob hard working people of their earnings.
There is no place in my heart for corrupt politicians who use their power to get an unfair gain on the system.
Pure crooks.