This is what Meul Choksi plans to do next, as India prepares for extradition | Today news
Mehul Choksi, one of the most important accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, was arrested by the Belgium authorities on Saturday, April 12 and acted on India’s extradition request. While India is moving to detect its extradition quickly, the legal team of Mehul Choksi began preparations to fight a legal battle and seek its release on health grounds. Mehul Choksi is reportedly a cancer treatment. Flight diamondary advocate Vijay Aggarwal said in a statement that Mehul Choksi would soon request that he be moved out of prison, referring to his poor health. “He is not a flight risk at all,” his lawyer argues. “My client, Mehul Choksi, has been arrested in Belgium, and at the moment he is in custody. We will begin the process of submitting an appeal against it, and then we as an appeal will request that he be drawn from prison. The great ground for the plea is his bad health and that he undergoes cancer treatment,” he said. His lawyer added that the legal team would file the appeal that Mehul Choxi should be allowed to defend himself. He said that their legal defense would be that it is a “political matter and the human condition [in Indian prisons] was not good. He was there to get his treatment for the cancer. PNB scam.