Following India’s request for extradition, the Fugitive diamond service provider Mehul Choksi, a key accused within the state-run Punjab Nationwide Financial institution’s fraud was arrested by the Belgium authorities on Saturday.
As per sources, Choksi had hidden his Indian and Antiguan citizenship in Belgium. Additional, the accused was making an try to flee to Switzerland and came visiting to Belgium for the therapy of most cancers.
Whereas the Enforcement Director (ED) and CBI had been preserving his monitor, Belgian businesses had been alerted of the identical as quickly as the knowledge was obtained.
Stories counsel that his arrest was based mostly on two non-bailable warrants issued by the Mumbai court docket, dated Might 23, 2018 and June 15, 2021.
