Spill pain of fugitive diamond trader: Choksi said – I could not imagine that my business would be closed and properties would be confiscated, Indian agencies would kidnap me

The multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam accused and fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi reached Antigua-Barbuda on Thursday. His pain was clearly visible in the conversation with the media.

Choksi said- ‘I could not even imagine that my business would be closed and properties would be confiscated. Indian agencies will plot to kidnap me. I am back home, but this torture has left a deep mark on me physically and mentally.’

Will definitely come to India to prove my innocence
Choksi said, “I have appealed several times to the Indian investigative agencies to come to Antigua for interrogation, but they did not come. I am thinking of returning to India to prove my innocence. For the last 50 days after my abduction, my My health has worsened. I am apprehensive about my safety in India. I do not know if I will return to normal physical or mental condition.”

Choksi was in Dominica for the last 51 days. He has been allowed to go to Antigua for treatment. This picture is of his arrival in Antigua. (Photo: Antigua Newsroom)

Choksi reached Antigua by chartered plane
Local media reported that the absconding diamond merchant has returned to Antigua after nearly 51 days in Dominica’s custody. Dressed in a light green shirt and khaki shorts, Choksi flew to Antigua in a chartered plane, Antigua Newsroom reported. Officials from the Foreign Ministry of Antigua and Barbuda met him at the airport.

Got interim bail for treatment three days ago
Let us inform that Choksi was allowed to go to Antigua-Barbuda for treatment by the court of Dominica three days ago. The court had given interim relief to Choksi after giving 10,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars (about Rs.

Choksi’s lawyers had also presented the CT scan and medical report in the court seeking bail. In the report, there was talk of worsening of his ‘hematoma’ (a disease related to the brain). The court has imposed a condition on coming back to Dominica to face the case after being medically fit.

Choksi is alleged to have come to Dominica to meet his girlfriend.

There was no treatment facility in Dominica
Doctors had advised an immediate review of Choksi’s medical condition by a ‘neurologist’ and a ‘neurosurgical’ consultant. The ‘CT Scan’ report, dated June 29, was signed by Yerandi Galle Gutierrez and René Gilbert Veranes, physicians at Princess Margaret Hospital in Dominica. “These treatment facilities are currently not available in Dominica,” the report said.

The walls of Choksi’s flat in Mumbai are littered with notices from the investigating agencies.

Wanted in Rs 13,500 crore scam
Diamond trader Mehul Choksi, wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore scam involving Punjab National Bank, went missing from Antigua-Barbuda on May 23 under suspicious circumstances. He was later detained for illegally entering the neighboring country of Dominica.

Choksi’s lawyers have alleged that he was abducted by some policemen from Antigua’s Jolie Harbor on May 23. These policemen appeared to be citizens of Antigua and India, who took him in a ferry to Dominica.