The government of Dominica has told the country’s high court that Mehul Choksi has to be deported to India. It added that his petition is not maintainable and hence it should not be heard.
fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, has to be deported to India, the government of Dominica has submitted to a court that is hearing a habeas corpus plea filed by Choksi.
India Today TV has learnt that the Dominican Public Prosecution Service has submitted before the Dominican High Court that the petition filed by Mehul Choksi is “not maintainable” and hence it “should not be heard”.
Mehul Choksi’s legal team had filed the habeas corpus plealast week after he was detained in Dominica, allegedly for having entered the country illegally from Antigua and Barbuda.
His lawyers have alleged that he was “abducted” and “forcibly taken” to Dominica. They have also alleged that he was assaulted and there are “marks of injury” on his body.
Surjitt sahani
