New Delhi: Amid the continued controversy surrounding the Indian-born fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi and calls for for his extradition, his wife Priti Choksi on Wednesday (June 2) mentioned the lady who’s rumoured to be his girlfriend is known to her husband and to his different acquaintances.
“The woman was known to my husband and to his other acquaintances. She walked with my husband periodically when she was visiting Antigua. From what I have understood from people who have met her, the woman shown on media channels is not the same woman that they knew as Barbara,” Priti Choksi advised ANI.
These remarks from Mehul Choksi’s wife got here after Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne acknowledged final week that Choksi could have taken his girlfriend on a romantic journey to Dominica, the place he was busted.
On the stories that fugitive diamantaire was tortured in Dominica, Priti mentioned, “What has brought most anguish to the family is the physical torture and total disregard for the human rights of my husband. If someone really wanted him back alive, why did they need to torture and abuse him physically and mentally? My husband has many health issues.”
On the query of Mehul Choki’s deportation, his wife mentioned, “He is 63-year-old and he is an Antiguan citizen. He enjoys all the rights and protection that the Antigua and Barbuda constitution gives him. I have full faith in the rule of law and the justice system of the Caribbean nations. We await his safe and rightful return to Antigua at the earliest.”
Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are accused within the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case. Choksi fled the nation was granted citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda in January 2018.
Meanwhile, a group from India has arrived in Dominica, forward of a Caribbean courtroom listening to that can determine on whether or not fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi shall be deported to India.
