Mehul Choksi moves to Antigua, gets local passport

July 24, 2018 16:23

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi moves to Antigua; gets local passport, says officials.

Along with his nephew Nirav Modi, Choksi is one of the main accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam.

On Monday, the diamantaire moved a special court seeking cancellation of non-bailable warrants issued against him, claiming that he apprehends mob lynching if he is brought to India.

A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court had in March and July this year issued non-bailable warrants against Choksi after it took cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the case.

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