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Diamantaire Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and Barbuda, where he has been staying since 2018 after leaving India, after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry which his lawyers claim was a kidnapping plan, local media reported.
Choksi is having a clot in brain besides other health issues such as diabetes and hypertension, his legal team has submitted.
Fugitive diamond businessman Mehul Choksi was granted bail by Dominica High Court on medical grounds on Monday. The court was set to hear Choksi's bail plea on July 23, however, it was preponed following an application by the Indian diamantaire.
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.
The development is being seen as a ray of hope for India which has approached the Dominica High Court seeking to be impleaded as a party in the case filed by lawyers of Choksi whose bail plea was earlier rejected.
The Indian government is actively engaged with Dominica to seek early deportation of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi and his handover to India, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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.
India in an affidavit filled in Dominica Court has said that Mehul Choksi is "still" an Indian citizen and has opposed his bail.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the PNB bank fraud case against fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, filed an affidavit in Dominica High Court opposing his bail petition and said he "is and remains an international fugitive who continues to evade law enforcement in India".
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.
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Michael Polak, part of the legal team representing Choksi said, Michael Polak, part of the legal team representing Choksi said, "What has happened to Choksi has been terrible. He was lured into a property, kidnapped, a bag placed over his head, beaten, forced on to a boat and unlawfully renditioned into another country."
Choksi had mysteriously gone missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since 2018 as a citizen. He was detained in neighbouring island country Dominica.
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.
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