Mehul Choksi
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PNB scam case: Dominica withdraws illegal entry case against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi
India | May 21, 2022, 12:12 PM IST62-year-old fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi is wanted in India in connection with a Rs 13,500-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
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Choksi pledged 'lab diamonds' with inflated valuation to get Rs 25 crore loan from IFCI: CBI
India | May 02, 2022, 08:03 PM ISTThe CBI acted on a complaint from Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd alleging that Choksi had approached it in 2016 seeking Rs 25 crore working capital loan for which he had pledged shares and gold and diamond jewellery.
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Rs 18,000 crore returned to banks from Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi: Centre tells SC
India | Feb 23, 2022, 08:06 PM ISTSolicitor General Tushar Mehta representing the Centre, submitted before a bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar that the total proceeds of crimes in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases pending before the top court amounts to Rs 67,000 crore.
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Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi fears he may be kidnapped again
India | Nov 29, 2021, 09:53 AM ISTIn an interview with news agency ANI, Mehul Choksi said, "I may be coerced and kidnapped once again, and taken to Guyana, where there is a strong Indian presence, which may be utilized to spirit me away in an unlawful and illegal manner."
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Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi alleges kidnapping attempt by Indian agencies
India | Jul 16, 2021, 11:02 AM ISTMehul Choksi, wanted in Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud case in India, had mysteriously gone missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying after fleeing India.
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Mehul Choksi lands in Antigua and Barbuda to seek medical help
India | Jul 15, 2021, 07:39 AM ISTChoksi, wanted in a Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud case in India, had mysteriously gone missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since 2018 as a citizen.
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Fugitive Mehul Choksi gets bail from Dominica High Court
News | Jul 13, 2021, 07:40 AM ISTFugitive 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.
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Choksi will 'only' return to Dominica to face trial when fit, media reports citing bail conditions
India | Jul 13, 2021, 07:51 AM ISTChoksi is having a clot in brain besides other health issues such as diabetes and hypertension, his legal team has submitted.
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Mehul Choksi gets bail from Dominica High Court on medical grounds
India | Jul 12, 2021, 09:35 PM ISTThe court was set to hear Choksi's bail plea on July 23, however, it was preponed following an application by the Indian diamantaire.
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Mehul Choksi moves Dominica high court to quash proceedings against him
India | Jul 07, 2021, 10:02 AM ISTChoksi, 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.
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'Total nonsense': Dominica PM on claims that his govt was involved in Choksi's abduction
India | Jul 02, 2021, 09:02 AM ISTRoosevelt Skerrit has termed "total nonsense" the claims that his government was involved in alleged abduction of diamantaire Mehul Choksi.
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Special News | Banks get part of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's seized assets
News | Jun 23, 2021, 04:20 PM ISTInvestigation has also proved, says the ED, that these three accused persons used dummy entities controlled by them for rotation and siphoning off the funds provided by the banks.
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Rs 9,371 cr seized assets of Mallya-Choksi-Nirav Modi transferred to banks: ED
News | Jun 23, 2021, 01:08 PM IST"ED not only attached/ seized assets worth of Rs 18,170.02 crore (80.45 percent of total loss to banks) in case of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi under the PMLA but also transferred a part of attached/ seized assets of Rs 9,371.17 Crore to the PSBs and Central Government," the ED said in a tweet.
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Assets worth Rs 18,170 cr of Nirav Modi, Choksi, Mallya attached; 80% losses recovered: ED
India | Jun 23, 2021, 01:13 PM ISTED has attached assets worth of Rs 18,170.02 crore in case of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi under the PMLA. The agency has also transferred a part of attached assets to the PSBs and Centre.
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Mehul Choksi remanded to state prison in Dominica, but to remain in hospital, says lawyer
India | Jun 18, 2021, 07:20 AM ISTThe 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.
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Govt actively engaged with Dominica for Mehul Choksi's early deportation: MEA
India | Jun 17, 2021, 06:56 PM ISTThe 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.
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PNB fraud case: CBI files supplementary chargesheet against 22 accused
India | Jun 17, 2021, 07:49 AM ISTThe charges include of criminal conspiracy, cheating, breach of trust, and illegal gratification by public servant.
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Choksi's 'abduction' int'l crime, brought shame to Antigua and Barbuda: Antiguan oppn party leader
India | Jun 17, 2021, 07:23 AM IST"The abduction of Choksi is an international crime that has brought shame to Antigua and Barbuda," said UPP leader Harold Lovell while addressing a virtual meeting on Tuesday.
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UK Lawyer Michael Polack defends Choksi against Indian claims
News | Jun 15, 2021, 01:48 PM ISTMehul 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.
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Mehul Choksi failed to appear in Dominica court due to mental stress: Lawyers
India | Jun 15, 2021, 08:36 AM ISTThe 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.