INDIA TODAY: The case in Dominica involving fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi has taken yet another turn. Booked on charges of illegally entering the Caribbean nation, Choksi’s case was heard by Chief Magistrate Candia Carette-George at the Magistrate’s Court in Roseau.
The prosecution, led by Dominica’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Sherma Dalrymple, told the court that it is “ready to proceed to trial”. Dalrymple also took the opportunity to introduce the addition of Indian lawyer Harpreet Giana to the state’s team of prosecutors.
However, Mehul Choksi failed to appear in court on June 14 for the commencement of the trial.
Instead, his lawyers presented a medical certificate signed by a doctor from the Dominica China Friendship Hospital where Choksi has been a patient for the past two weeks. The medical certificate says that Mehul Choksi was a “no show” in court since he was suffering from “mental stress” and experienced high blood pressure.
Chief Magistrate Carette-George later adjourned the matter. It will now be heard at 9 am (Caribbean time) on June 25. The judge has also ordered for Choksi to be brought to court on June 17 for further remand.
Mehul Choksi will remain under police guard as a patient at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital until the next date of the trial.
Choksi’s legal team has also employed the services of Dyer & Dyer, a legal firm run by veteran Dominican criminal lawyer Zena Moore Dyer and her daughter Gina Dyer Munro.
One of the key accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, Mehul Choksi fled to the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda in 2018. He was arrested in May of this year for illegally entering neighbouring Dominica.
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Mental stress?? Has he lost any weight?? Ship his fat ass back to INDIA 🇮🇳
The guy has gotten so fat over the last few years. No wonder he is having mental stress and pressure. Get that man home to India where he can be treated for his condition. Sounds like it’s a medical emergency, and he needs to be put on a plane home to India. Then we can get on with the important things of the day.
To smh ..Really!!! now that is just an unkind statement .. did you ever see the man steal anything? .. he without sin cast the first stone.. God bless choksi and God bless you .. in situations like this always ask yourself what would Jesus do?..
Jesus would send him home to India on the next flight. JESUS is about justice and truth. The guy has to face his accussors.
Kristi you always sound like an ass
Then stop running and go answer the charges. Clear your name. You can have all the $$$ in the world, but if your name and reputation is in the mud, it’s not worth a thing.
OK, we got it. Stop repeating yourself.
Mehul, Mehul, Mehul. Go back to your beloved India and face your people. If you are so ínnocent´then why not clear your name and improve your reputation
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