Mehul Choksi Delivery: Govt to use every legal tool available to bring him back - Report | Today news

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-Led Union Government is working on a quick extradition of fleeing diamond dealer Meul Choksi, following his arrest by Belgian police on Saturday, April 12. Choksi, 65, wanted in India in connection with a £ 13,500 Crorepunjab National Bank (PNB) Loan Fraud, which has evaded the authorities since 2018. “The government will use every legal tool to bring it back,” the sources said. If Choksi – which has been fled since 2018 – is brought back to India, it will be the second high -profile delivery this year, after terrorist Tahwawwwur Rana, a 26/11 Mumbai attack accused, was extradited from the US last week. The government will use every legal tool to bring it back. Choxi is expected to use legal means to defy extradition. This may include a request for bail, citing his age and medical condition. Choski is a cancer patient. “My client is not a flight risk. He is very ill and is treating cancer,” Choski’s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal told reporters after the arrest. Choxi and his wife, Preeti Choksi, a Belgian citizen, lived in Antwerp after getting a ‘residence card’. What is the case? Choxi, the absolutely Diamond Trader and the owner of Gitanjali Group, is being sought in India in connection with a PNB loan fraud for £ 13,500 crore. Together with his cousin Nirav Modi, Choksi is accused in the Pnbscam. The duo allegedly cheated the bank of more than £ 13,500 crore. Choxi, modes, their family members and employees, bank officials and others were discussed by the ED and CBI in 2018 for the alleged fraud in the Brady House branch of the PNB in ​​Mumbai. So far, the ED has filed three charges against Choksi, while the CBI has also filed similar charges. It was previously believed that Choksi lived in Antigua and Barbuda before traveling to Belgium. Choksi’s cousin, Nirav Modi, filed in a London jail, disputed his extradition to India after the repeated denial of bail by courts. In May 2021, Choxi disappeared from Antigua, but was spotted and later returned. Earlier, reports from Antiguan media suggested that Mehul and Preeti Choksi are considering settling in Geneva. Earlier this year, Choksi’s legal lawyer informed a special court in Mumbai that he is currently undergoing treatment for blood cancer in Antwerp, Belgium. First published: 14 Apr 2025, 02:23 PM IST