PNB fraud case: Mehul Choksi now in Antigua, India seeks details about whereabouts
New Delhi, July 25 (IBNS): The CBI has written to authorities in Antigua seeking details on the fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, who has reportedly slipped into the Caribbean island, media reports said.
Choksi, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, is wanted by Indian investigating agencies in the Punjab National Bank fraud case.
He had fled to the U.S. in the first week of January, days before the country's biggest banking fraud surfaced.
According to reports, the Enforcement Directorate was informed about Choksi’s presence in Antigua on July 20. After Interpol authorities confirmed it, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) wrote to the Antiguan authorities, seeking details regarding his whereabouts.
However, India does not have an extradition treaty with Antigua, which makes it difficult to get hold of Choksi, reports said.
The CBI has booked Choksi in two cases related to the PNB scam and filed a charge sheet against him. A special court in Mumbai issued a Non-Bailable Warrant against him.
CBI's request for a Red Notice is currently pending with the Interpol.
The Directorate has also invoked the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance against Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi.
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