Jet in Dominica with Choksi case papers from India, says Antigua PM

India has despatched paperwork pertaining to the case of Mehul Choksi to Dominica for the consideration of an area court docket that’s listening to a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of the fugitive diamond dealer, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda stated on Sunday.
The plea on behalf of Choksi, 62, who’s accused within the Rs 13,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, is scheduled to be heard in open court docket on June 2.
Choksi, who was reported lacking after he left his residence in Antigua and Barbuda on May 23, was arrested in Dominica on May 25 night native time, for allegedly coming into that nation illegally.
Dominica is an island nation to the south of Antigua and Barbuda within the Caribbean.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda stated that an plane has arrived in Dominica, carrying crucial documentation in help of the case for Choksi’s deportation to India.

Asked throughout a media interview a couple of “particular private jet that has arrived in Dominica from Qatar”, Prime Minister Browne stated: “Yes, I can verify that there’s a jet there. My understanding is that the Indian authorities has despatched sure documentation from the courts in India to substantiate that Mr Choksi is certainly a fugitive, and my understanding is the documentation can be utilised within the court docket’s case that’ll be heard… the court docket listening to subsequent Wednesday.
“As you know, the judge in Dominica has actually put a stay on his deportation until the hearing next Wednesday. So the Indian government seems to be going all out to ensure that he is repatriated to India so that he can stand trial there.”

ExplainedWhat subsequent?Antigua has urged Dominica handy Choksi over to India, however Dominica stated he could also be repatriated to Antigua as soon as his Antigua citizenship is established. January 2 court docket listening to may supply some readability.

The Indian authorities has issued no official assertion ever because the matter of Choksi’s disappearance in Antigua and Barbuda got here to mild.
Prime Minister Browne has, nevertheless, been talking: on Friday, he informed information company ANI that his authorities has “specifically requested” Dominica “to have Indian law enforcement agencies make necessary arrangements to have him (Choksi) returned directly to India”.
Choksi has been a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda since January 15, 2018. In his interview to ANI, Browne stated that Dominican regulation enforcement had been requested to not return him to Antigua, “where he has legal and constitutional rights as a citizen”.
Dominica’s Ministry of National Security and Home Affairs has, nevertheless, issued a press release saying they’re in contact with authorities in Antigua and Barbuda to establish Choksi’s citizenship standing — and “Once the information is provided by Antigua authorities, possible arrangements will be made for…(him) to be repatriated to Antigua”.
The petition filed by Choksi’s legal professionals in Dominica has cited “deprivation of access” and “legal assistance” to him. On May 28, the court docket ordered a keep on eradicating Choksi from Dominica till additional orders.
The Antigua News Room media outlet on Saturday printed a photograph of Choksi in custody in Dominica. Choksi is seen within the photograph with bruises on his wrist and a swollen, crimson eye.
Antigua News Room additionally printed a photograph of the plane that it stated was “a private jet currently at the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica”.
Choksi has claimed that he was kidnapped from Antigua and Barbuda and was forcibly despatched to Dominica in a yacht. His lawyer in India, Vijay Aggarwal, has stated that his consumer is not an Indian citizen and that Choksi can not, beneath current legal guidelines, be repatriated to India.
Choksi left India on January 7, 2018, days earlier than the PNB rip-off got here to mild. His nephew and co-accused within the case, Nirav Modi, too left the nation across the identical time. Nirav Modi is now in jail in London, combating a authorized battle to stave off extradition to India.