Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed {that a} non-public jet from India has arrived at the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed {that a} non-public jet from India has arrived at the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica as India-born fugitive Mehul Choksi continues to be held within the custody of Dominica Police, native Antigua media reported on Sunday.
“Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft of Qatar Executive landed at the Douglas Charles Airport in Dominica; its arrival has raised questions about who it brought to Dominica and who will be leaving Dominica onboard,” Antigua Newsroom tweeted. It additionally posted an image of the jet, which landed at the Dominican airport on Saturday.
“Yes I can confirm that is the jet there. My understanding is that Indian government has sent certain documents from courts in India to confirm that he is indeed a fugitive and my understanding is that the documents will be utilised in the court case,” Browne informed an FM radio channel as reported by the Antigua Newsroom.
“As you know the judge in Dominica has put a stay on deportation till Wednesday. So Indian government seems to be going all out to make sure he is repatriated to India to stand trial,” Browne mentioned.
On Saturday, footage of Choksi launched by Antigua Newsroom confirmed him behind bars and with accidents on his palms and a swollen and bruised left eye.
These had been the primary public footage of Choksi, who had reportedly gone lacking on Sunday (May 23) night. He was later apprehended by Dominica Police on Wednesday and had been of their custody since then.
Efforts have been scaled as much as deliver again the fugitive businessman to India. ANI has learnt that a number of businesses are in contact with the federal government of Dominica on the difficulty which has been informed that Choksi is initially an Indian citizen and had taken on new citizenship to flee the regulation in India after having dedicated a fraud of just about two billion US {dollars}.
It is reliably gathered that India via back-channel and diplomatic route has clearly informed Dominica that Choksi needs to be handled as a fugitive Indian citizen who has an Interpol Red Corner discover towards him and he needs to be handed over to Indian authorities for deportation and to face the regulation in India for his alleged deeds which have robbed the Indian public of billions of {dollars}.
There is not any case for Choksi to disclaim his Indian citizenship as every other citizenship is a entrance to cover his alleged crimes. In reality, neighbouring Antigua has additionally urged Dominica at hand over Choksi to India immediately. However, Dominica stays non-committal and two days again issued a press release saying that Choksi will probably be handed over to Antigua.
Choksi enjoys full authorized safety in Antigua and will probably be time-consuming to extradite Choksi to India from there. Antiguan Prime Minister has informed ANI in an interview that Choksi won’t be allowed to enter again in Antigua for the place Choksi fled and illegally sneaked into Dominica and was caught.
A Dominican court docket has prolonged until June 2 its order restraining the extradition of Choksi from Dominica. The High Court can even hear the Indian fugitive’s habeas corpus plea on that date.Â
(With ANI Inputs)
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