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Choksi fled the country in 2018. A red corner notice was issued against him after 10 months.
Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi’s name has been removed from the red notice in the Rs 14,000 crore scam in Punjab National Bank. Mehul is said to have appealed against the Red Notice (usually Red Corner Notice) to the Interpol’s Lyon headquarters. At present, no statement has been issued by the CBI on this matter so far.
195 countries are members of Interpol. On issue of red notice, the concerned person can be temporarily detained, can be arrested only temporarily. After this, action is taken according to the law of the country in which he has been arrested. In many cases, he is handed over (extradited) to the country in which he is wanted.
Allegations of political conspiracy
Choksi fled the country in 2018. A red corner notice was issued against him after 10 months. Till then he was hiding in Antigua and Barbuda. Later he got citizenship here. Choksi, in response to the CBI’s application, had argued that the conditions of prisons in India were very bad. There he may be in danger. Apart from this, he had also given arguments related to health.
A five-member committee of Interpol had heard on this. It is called the Commission for Control Files. This legal committee has the right to cancel the red notice against any person or accused.
Choksi was arrested in Dominica two years ago. Later he was released.
Choksi had to spend 51 days in Dominica jail
Apart from Choksi, Nirav Modi is also named in the CBI charge sheet. Choksi disappeared from Antigua in May 2021 and reached neighboring Dominica. Here he was arrested. A CBI team reached Dominica to extradite him, but before that he got relief from the British Queen’s Privy Council. Later he was again handed over to Antigua. However, 62-year-old Choksi had to spend 51 days in Dominica’s jail.
Here he argued that he wanted to go to Antigua and get treatment from a neurologist there. A few days after reaching Antigua, Dominica’s court also dismissed the cases filed against Choksi.
An 8-member team led by CBI Chief Sharda Raut reached Dominica in banking fraud cases to bring Mehul Choksi back to India.
PNB scam exposed after 7 years
Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are accused of a scam of more than 14 thousand crores in connivance with officials of Brady House branch of Punjab National Bank in Mumbai. Between 2011 and 2018, the money was transferred to foreign accounts through fake letters of undertaking (LoU).
Also read this special news of Bhaskar related to Mehul Choksi …
1. Mehul Choksi saving himself by giving bribe
Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi, an accused in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, is saving himself by paying hefty bribes to the Antiguan police. Choksi is giving bribe to police officers for two reasons. Firstly- the Antigua government should not hand him over to India. Second- he should continue to get all the facilities in Antigua. Read full news…
2. 50 defaulters did not return Rs 92,570 crore to banks
The Finance Ministry has told in the Lok Sabha that the top 50 willful defaulters have repaid Rs 92,570 crore to the banks. In the list of these defaulters, Gitanjali Ratna, a firm of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, is on top, owing Rs 7,848 crore to banks. Read full news…