Mehul Choksi case: 8-member India team in Dominica

Even as a private jet from Qatar landed in Dominica with documents related to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi wanted in the PNB loan fraud case sources on Tuesday said members of the Central Bureau of Investigation Enforcement Directorate and Ministry of External Affairs are camping in the island nationAccording to informed sources an eight member team from India reached Dominica on Saturday afternoon in a private jet that left from New Delhi on Friday eveningThe sources said that two members each from MEA CBI and ED along with two CRPF commandos were in Dominica for the hearing in the Choksi extradition matter scheduled on June 2The source said that the officials of the CBI and ED from Mumbai zone were called on Friday to the national capital who then boarded the private jet for DominicaHowever senior officials of the CBI and ED remained tightlipped on the number of officials sent to Dominca for Choksi case hearingAlso Read Mehul Choksi likely on Dominica trip with girlfriend before arrest ReportOn Saturday Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne also confirmed that a private jet has landed in Dominica with certain documents related to Choksi who was involved in a multimillion dollar bank scam in IndiaBrowne was responding to a question during his radio programme on a question about a private jet arriving in Dominica from Qatar and said Yes I can confirm that a jet is there My understanding is that the Indian government has sent some documentation from the courts to confirm that Choksi is a fugitiveMy understanding is that it is for the court hearing scheduled on Wednesday June 2 as the Dominica court has put a stay on his deportation So the Indian government seems to be going all out to ensure that he is repatriated to India and face charges thereChoksi who is wanted in India by the CBI and the ED in Rs 13500 crore Punjab National Bank PNB fraud case had gone missing from the island nation on May 23 sparking a massive manhuntHe was captured in Dominica on May 26A Dominican court has restrained his deportation till June 2 as it hears a habeas corpus filed by Choksis lawyersOn Saturday several pictures of Choksi emerged online showing several bruise marks on his arms and swollen eyesChoksi has been residing in Antigua and Barbuda since January 4 2018 days before the CBI registered a case of bank fraud against him and his nephew Nirav Modi among several others The CBI and ED which have filed separate charge sheets in the case are trying for his extraditionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever