Prime Minister Gaston Browne said today that a private jet currently at the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica is from India.
Browne gave an explanation on his radio programme today after a picture of the jet was posted on Antigua Newsroom.
Listen to the PM’s explanation here:
India seems to be going all out as it has sent a private jet to get Mehul Choksi repatriated directly from Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told the local media there.
A Bombardier Global 5,000 jet of Qatar Executive mysteriously landed at Dominica’s Douglas Charles airport on Saturday. It’s publicly accessible flight path shows that it took off from New Delhi on May 28 and reached Dominica via Madrid.
PM Browne, who has been vocal about not accepting Choksi back in his country, where he is a citizen, said, “My understanding is that [the] Indian government has sent certain documentation from courts in India to confirm that Choksi is indeed a fugitive”. These documents, Browne added, will be utilised in the court case in Dominica, where a judge is hearing the matter and has put a stay on repatriation till Wednesday.
“Indian government seems to be going all out to make sure he is repatriated to India to stand trial,” Browne told a FM channel in Antigua. The interview was posted by Antigua Newsroom on its website.
Indian officials were tight lipped about the team which has flown to Dominica along with the documents, but they said this was their “window of opportunity” to bring Choksi to India because once he reaches Antigua, he will have citizenship rights and the extradition case can linger on for years.
Antiguan PM Browne on Saturday accused the country’s key opposition party – United Progressive Party (UPP) of taking funds from Mehul Choksi for its political campaigns.
The UPP had issued a statement on Saturday in favour of Choksi saying that he should get his constitutional and legal rights as a citizen of Antigua.
Browne had hit back at UPP saying – “After mischievously accusing my administration of harbouring Mehul Choksi, who has an Interpol Red Notice, they are now seeking to sanitise this fugitive to get campaign funding…There has been no violation of Choksi’s legal and constitutional protections, despite the decision of my administration to revoke his citizenship.”
Earlier, on Saturday, Antigua Newsroom had released Mehul Choksi’s pictures while in custody of Dominica police.
In one of the photos, he is seen standing behind bars with his left eye swollen while another photo showed bruises on his arm.
Choksi’s lawyers Wayne Marsh and Vijay Aggarwal had alleged the businessman was abducted from Antigua and tortured on the way to Dominica and in custody.
He had gone missing from Antigua last Sunday following which a manhunt had begun in the region.
To be sure, Choksi is currently out of police custody and has been placed at a quarantine facility in Roseau, where he is allowed to meet his lawyers.
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It’s just about over for this fugitive. India calling! This guy has brought shame to the people of Antigua and the nation. Time is up. Go home and face the music.
Well said Sekunda, Antigua and Dominica shall support India’s request to extradite him as soon as possible to face the charges in India.
Did that private jet left Antigua’s Airport unnoticed? No records?
Why say this without proof? Conspiracy theories.
Wait, you na read the article?! It clearly said it arrived Via Madrid. Also mentioned the flight path was quite accessible. My gosh, y’all make people want to hit a hole in a wall.
The black leaders of this country brings me more shame.
This is so true…. CORRUPTION
Did the Indian government also send the Documentation to the Antigua government while Choksi was in Antigua? If so why did Gaston Brown not taken action to return Choksi to India while Choksi was in Antigua as an Antiguan citizen? Gaston seems to be directing things from Antigua hoping that Choksi is not returned to Antigua. So far the PM and the National Security Minister of Dominica is silent…..
1st the execution of Nigel Christian and now this.
World dictator traitor tyrant liar Gaston Browne is behind some very unscrupulous incidents and counting.
That cesspool must go.
Oh Please. Cry me a river.
You people are so dishonest. Using situations to win an election. Work hard and impart knowledge and pertinent information to people. Not hearsay and drama.
This country is lost.
Guys, how would you feel if a Antiguan citizen in collusion with corrupt and complicit local bankers looted and scammed 500 million dollars and then bought citizenship in some other country to escape accountability and justice? Will you want him to enjoy Antiguan taxpayers money he looted or would you want him back to face justice? This guy, Mehul Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi, now in a London jail since March 2019 awaiting approved deportation, are crooks and scammers of the first order and deserve to be convicted and jailed. Dont root for thieves and crooks, you will disgrace your country and distract honest immigrants.
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