The main accused and fugitive Mehul Choksi, the main accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, has been arrested. He was arrested from a hospital in Belgium. He is currently locked in a custody center in Belgium.
He was planning to travel from Belgium to Switzerland.
Sources say Choksi was arrested at the same time. He was planning to travel from Belgium to Switzerland. Choksi was arrested on the basis of two non-bailable warrants issued by a Mumbai court in 2018 and 2021.
Choksi was arrested on 12 April.
Choksi was arrested on 12 April. Sources say that his health is not good. He is suffering from blood cancer and is undergoing treatment. Choksi’s extradition will be very challenging for Indian investigative agencies as Interpol has withdrawn its red corner notice.
Choksi can apply for bail on health basis
Choksi can apply for bail on health basis. According to the report, he can mention his kidnapping in Antigua in Belgian court. In fact, Choksi had alleged that Indian investigative agencies had abducted him in Antigua.
Indian investigative agencies hope that if he gets bail, he will not be allowed to return to Antigua. Mehul Choksi is the main accused in the PNB scam worth crores of rupees. The scam is more than Rs 13,500 crore. Choksi has been living in Antigua since 2018. The ED has filed three chargesheets against Choksi. In 2019, ED told the Bombay High Court that Choksi is a ‘fugitive and absconding’.
Choksi is reported missing from Antigua.
Choksi fled from India after the PNB scam surfaced in 2018. Choksi’s nephew Nirav Modi is also accused in the scam and is facing extradition proceedings in London.
Interpol has decided to remove the red corner notice against him.
Choksi was reported missing from Antigua in May 2021, but was later found in Dominica. The CBI had appealed to Interpol to issue a red corner notice against Mehul Choksi. After this, in 2018, Interpol issued a red corner notice against Choksi. An application was filed by Choksi in Interpol to remove the red corner notice. In this, he claimed that in 2021, he was ‘kidnapped’ by Indian investigative agencies and took him to Dominica. For this reason, Interpol has decided to remove the red corner notice against him.
41 immovable properties temporarily seized
In 2018, ED temporarily attached 41 immovable properties worth Choksi worth Rs 1,217 crore. The seized properties include two of his flats in the posh area of Mumbai, a mall in Kolkata, 27 acres of land on the Mumbai-Goa highway, 101 acres of land in Tamil Nadu, land in Nagpur, Nashik in Andhra Pradesh, two bungalows in Allabagh and one office in Surat.
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