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Mehul Choksi, accused in the case of RS fraud 13,000 million rupees, was arrested in Belgium while allegedly tried to flee to Switzerland. The revocation of its citizenship is currently pending in court.
A archive photo of Mehul Choksi (PTI)
Mehul Choksi, who was arrested in Belgium for his participation in the case of loan fraud of the National Punjab RS Bank 13,000 million rupees, has been evading the authorities since 2018. Several media reports suggest that Choksi was finally arrested while planning to change.
Chaksi had gone to Belgium for receiving medical treatment. The reports suggest that it was treated for blood cancer. He had stayed in Antigua since 2018 after leaving India.
The PTI news agency cited the sources saying that Interpol Red Red notice against him to judge was “eliminated” at some point and the Indian agencies pursued him through the extradition route since then.
Choksi, Modi, their relatives and employees, bank officials and others were reserved by the CBI and the emergency service in 2018 for perpetrating the alleged loan fraud at the Brady House branch of the National Bank of Punjab (PNB) in Mumbai.
He fled from India the same year and began the day of the United States before settling in Antigua. A year earlier, in 2017, he had acquired ancient nationality.
In May 2019, Choksi’s nephew, Nirav Modi, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in London. Althhehe has exhausted all legal routes for extradition, continues to be tried in the United Kingdom.
In March 2023, Interpol revoked the red notice against Mehul Choksi.
In 2024, Choksi and his wife moved from ancient to Belgium.
The former media reports suggested that Mehul and Preeti Choksi were consulting in Geneva.
According to the investigating agencies, the officials of the Brady House branch of PNB in Mumbai issued 165 bad and 58 FLCS to turn from March-April 2017, against which 311 invoices were ruled out.
Antigua PM says that the revocation of its citizenship ordered
Speaking exclusively to CNN-News18, Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, confirmed that his government had ordered the revocation of Choksi’s citizenship. However, he said the matter was pending in court.
“We order the revocation of its citizenship, but the matter is pending in court. We try to extreme it last time, but it did not happen.
I don’t know much, “Browne told CNN-News18.
“We have a disposition on double citizenship, our position always has a very clear leg,” he added.