Antigua and Barbuda News
Choksi allegedly in a criminal conspiracy with PNB Deputy Manager Gokulnath Shetty got back all the documents which were submitted for the issuance of 165 Letters of Undertaking (LOU) and fraudulent amendments made in 58 Foreign Letters of Credit (FLC) during March and April, 2017.
Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and Barbuda after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry.
Dominica court grants bail to Mehul Choksi, asks to deposit Eastern Caribbean dollars 10,000 as surety for the bail.
Mehul Choksi is having a clot in the brain besides other health issues such as diabetes and hypertension
The HC also ordered that Choksi must intimate the court in the case of any change of specialist and his address in Antigua where he was going to stay
The judge said Choksi will only return to Dominica when a doctor certifies that he is fit to stand trial
Dominica court grants bail to Mehul Choksi
Fugitive diamantaire allowed to travel to Antigua
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said that he was not aware of "any conclusive evidence" that Choksi was abducted
Gaston Browne made this disclosure while responding to questions of opposition MP in the Antiguan Parliament
Mehul Choksi files complaint with Antigua Police
He alleged Barbara Jabarica to be integral to his kidnapping
India's multi-agency team that had gone to Dominica to bring back Mehul Choksi is headed back home on a Qatar Airways private jet.
The team headed back after the island nation's high court adjourned the hearing on the fugitive diamantaire's habeas corpus petition, sources said.
Dominica High Court adjourned the hearing on a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Mehul Choksi on Thursday.
Antigua Information Minister Melford Nicholas said that he is not authorised to disclose any intelligence information regarding the case.
The PM of Antigua and Barbuda claimed that Mehul Choksi may have taken his girlfriend to Dominica on a romantic trip when he got caught.
Mehul Choksi was supposed to meet his girlfriend on May 23 but was allegedly kidnapped by the Antigua Police and Indian officials.
Choksi is the alleged mastermind of the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case.
Priti Choksi, wife of Mehul Choksi involved in the mega PNB scam has questioned the disappearance of Barbara Jarabica.
Mrs Choksi also slammed the authorities of Antigua and Dominica for their handling of the case.
Mehul Choksi remains in Dominica even as his case is a court.
The Government of Dominica has told a court there to reject the habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of businessman Mehul Choksi who had claimed that he was abducted and forcefully brought to the Caribbean island nation, local media reported.
The remarks from Mehul Choksi's wife Priti Choksi came after Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne claimed last week that Choksi may have taken his girlfriend on a romantic trip to Dominica, where he was busted.
Mehul Choksi's brother met Lennox Linton and both agreed on the commitment that in exchange for token money and promise of election donation, the opposition leader will 'press the matter in the Parliament'.
Antigua and Barbuda PM Gaston Browne thanked PM Modi for COVID vaccines
He said Modi helped save thousands of lives in the Caribbean
Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamantaire, has suddenly gone missing
He has been staying in Antigua and Barbuda since January 2018
He is wanted in India in connection with multi-crore PNB loan fraud scam
Speaking to news agency ANI on Wednesday, PM Browne said that the country is not interested in having Choksi in Antigua and Barbuda as he "brings no value to the country". He assured India that Choksi will ultimately be deported to India after he would have exhausted all of his appeals.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that after India requested the sooner the matter is resolved the better it is, Greene replied that they're trying their best, though there are some legal angles and court procedures which they'll have to examine.
US prosecutors on Friday unveiled charges against a China-born woman who was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into a scheme to pay bribes to a former United Nations General Assembly president.
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