Mehul Choksi’s wife says woman on media channels not Barbara; Antigua PM claims Opposition’s support to businessman

Mehul Choksi was arrested from Dominica after disappearing from Antigua and Barbuda.

Mehul Choksi’s spouse Priti Choksi at present mentioned that the girl proven on TV channels because the businessman’s girlfriend shouldn’t be Barbara as claimed. “The lady was identified to my husband. She used to fulfill my husband whereas visiting Antigua. From what I’ve understood from individuals who have met her, the girl proven on media channels shouldn’t be the identical girl that they knew as Barbara,” she claimed.

Priti additionally expressed anguish over accidents induced to her husband. “What has introduced anguish to the household is bodily torture and complete disregard for the human rights of my husband. If somebody actually needed him again alive, why did they should torture and abuse him bodily and mentally?” she mentioned.

She claimed that Mehul Choksi has a number of well being points. “He’s an Antiguan citizen and enjoys all rights, safety as per Antigua and Barbuda structure. I’ve full religion within the rule of legislation of the Caribbean nations. We await his protected and rightful return to Antigua on the earliest,” she mentioned.

Alternatively, Antigua and Barbuda PM Gaston Browne at present mentioned that Mehul Choksi, as an alternative of subjecting himself to an inquiry, has used the courts to remain the revocation of his citizenship. “Choksi modified his lawyer to a well known member of the UPP (Opposition get together) who had promised him safety, for marketing campaign funding. That’s why they need that he shouldn’t be deported to India, however again to Antigua the place he might proceed to cover behind constitutional protections,” Browne claimed.

Browne mentioned that his administration stands by its request for Dominica to extradite Mehul Choksi straight again to India.

First photograph of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in police custody in Dominica

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— ANI (@ANI) May 29, 2021

Final week, a number of stories had claimed quoting Antigua and Barbuda PM Gaston Browne that Mehul Choksi had taken his girlfriend to Dominica, ‘most likely to have dinner or have an excellent time’ and was caught there. Choksi was detained in Dominica for unlawful entry after his mysterious disappearance from Antigua and Barbuda the place he was staying since 2018 after fleeing from India the identical 12 months. Choksi is an accused within the multi-crore PNB rip-off and is needed in India in instances of financial institution fraud.