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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 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.
In the notice, Browne had made it clear that Choksi would be 'deprived' of his citizenship of Antigua & Barbuda due to 'wilful concealment of material fact'.
Mehul Choksi, who has been staying in in Antigua and Barbuda since 2018 after taking citizenship in 2017 under the Citizenship by Investment programme, reportedly fled to Dominica on May 23. He, however, was caught on May 26.
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.
Choksi is the alleged mastermind of the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case.
Browne confirmed that a private jet at the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica is from India.
Browne said Mehul Choksi's citizenship is an unsettled matter, adding that he is still an Indian Citizen.
The first pics of Choksi were released which showed the businessman with swollen eyes and bruised arms.
Antigua PM said he has spoken to Dominica's PM Roosevelt Skerrit over the development and requested him "not to have Mr Choksi return to Antigua."
Fugitive Choksi is wanted by Indian authorities in the Rs 14000 cr PNB fraud case and had fled to the country in 2018.
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Antigua PM Gaston Browne has confirmed Mehul Choksi's citizenship will be revoked. Choksi along with Nirav Modi is the main accused in the Rs 11, 400 crore PNB scam.
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