According to a spokesperson for Mehul Choksi who is based in London, the government of Dominica has dropped “all charges” related to the mysterious unlawful entry of Mehul Choksi from Antigua and Barbuda in May of last year. This comes as a relief to the diamantaire who is accused of being involved in the PNB bank scam.
Dominica, a Caribbean Island nation, took Choksi into custody in May of last year after he went missing from Antigua and Barbuda, where he had taken citizenship before allegedly fleeing India to avoid charges of orchestrating a scam involving Rs 13,500 crore in the Punjab National Bank, in which his nephew Nirav Modi is a co-accused. Choksi was taken into custody after he went missing from Antigua and Barbuda, where he had taken citizenship.
After 51 days in custody, the Dominica High Court there decided to release him on bond.
During that time, India made frantic efforts to get him to return home by having a team from the CBI stationed in that country along with a private plane. However, his legal representation claimed that he was kidnapped from Antigua by individuals who resembled Indians and that they carried him to Dominica.
According to the spokesman for the government of Dominica, all of the procedures against Choksi for unauthorized entrance into the country were discontinued on May 20.
“Mr. Choksi is relieved that the Dominican government has dismissed all of the accusations that were brought against him in May 2021 for unauthorized entrance. They have now come to the conclusion that there was never been a case against him because of this. Agents of the Indian state forcibly removed Mr. Choksi from Antigua against his will, viciously assaulted him, and then took him to Dominica by boat, where he was once again unlawfully handed over to authorities for an offense he never committed. Mr. Choksi was taken into custody for an offense he never committed “a representative of the company stated.
According to the statement, Choksi’s legal team will continue to investigate any and all potential sources of justice in an effort to rectify the abuses of human rights that have been perpetrated against him.
According to what was said in the note, Mr. Choksi “hopes that those responsible for his abduction from Antigua on May 23rd, 2021 will be brought to justice.”
Choksi, who is 62 years old, was granted bail by the High Court of Dominica in July of the previous year so that he could travel back to Antigua to seek medical assistance from a neurologist based there. However, the bail came with the provision that he must return to Dominica to face trial once he received fitness clearance from his doctors.
Choksi had uploaded his medical papers, including CT scan findings, when he was applying for bail in Dominica. The scans revealed that Choksi had a “mildly increasing hematoma.”
The specialists agree that an immediate assessment of his health should be carried out by a neurologist as well as a neurosurgical expert.
