Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in office
World | June 07, 2022 0:07 ISTAuthorities said Orlando Jorge Mera was shot by an unknown person. No further details were immediately available.
Authorities said Orlando Jorge Mera was shot by an unknown person. No further details were immediately available.
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Choksi is having a clot in brain besides other health issues such as diabetes and hypertension, his legal team has submitted.
The court was set to hear Choksi's bail plea on July 23, however, it was preponed following an application by the Indian diamantaire.
Choksi, who went missing from Antigua and Barbuda where he had been living since 2018 after his escape from India, was arrested on May 23 in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry.
Roosevelt Skerrit has termed "total nonsense" the claims that his government was involved in alleged abduction of diamantaire Mehul Choksi.
Mehul Choksi's UK lawyer Michael Polack on June 15 informed there are a lot of propaganda being put out stating that Choksi escaped or maybe he was on his way to Cuba but lawyer Polack believes that these claims are ridiculous.
The case of Choksi, who has been booked on charges of illegally entering the Caribbean nation, was heard by Chief Magistrate Candia Carette-George at the Magistrate's Court in Roseau.
On the complaint made by Indian government, a "red notice" has been issued against Choksi by Interpol, CBI told the Dominica Court.
Dominica High Court also pointed out how Choksi proposed that he will stay with his brother in the hotel, but that is not a fixed address.
According to sources, Priti is the beneficial owner of company named Hilingdon Holdings. ED has found in its investigation that the company is a shell company registered in the UAE in Jabel Ali Free Zone in November 2013.
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi as an "Indian citizen" and stated that the courts will decide what happens to the fugitive.
The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has started investigations into the alleged abduction of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to neighbouring Dominica.
While fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi's extradition case is being heard by a Dominican court, photos of two boats have emerged that might have been used to enter the island nation from neighbouring Antigua.
The Qatar Airways' private jet that was sent by India to bring back fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi from Dominica has left the Caribbean island country after nearly seven days, according to public flight data.
The court has asked both prosecution and defence lawyers to discuss the matter among themselves.
Choksi's lawyer in India and his wife Priti have alleged that former diamond tycoon was physically assaulted after he was taken into custody in Dominica on May 23.
The diamantaire, who mysteriously went missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he had been staying since 2018 as a citizen, was detained in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry after a possible romantic escapade with his rumoured girlfriend.
Mehul Choksi, the fugitive Indian diamond businessman wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank loan fraud should be deported to India, the Dominican government told a country's court on Wednesday. The matter has been adjourned till Thursday, June 3.
Dominica's Leader of the Opposition Lennox Linton on June 2 clarified the allegations against taking bribery from Mehul Choksi's brother Chetan Choksi.
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