Dominica: The Dominica court docket has rejected the habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of businessman Mehul Choksi who had claimed that he was kidnapped and forcefully delivered to the Caribbean island nation. The High Court of Dominica had earlier ordered that the businessman be produced in a Justice of the Peace court docket to reply prices of his unlawful entry into the nation and now the matter will probably be dealt with by the decrease court docket as the subsequent listening to is scheduled for June 14th.
Rejecting the submission of Choksi who is needed in India in an alleged Rs 13,500 crore mortgage fraud case in Punjab National Bank, the prosecution mentioned the habeas corpus petition doesn’t stand as he had illegally entered the nation and was subsequently detained.
The High Court will even hear the extradition case of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi in the present day.Â
Choksi mysteriously went lacking on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda the place he has been staying since 2018 as a citizen, however was detained in neighbouring Dominica for unlawful entry after a potential romantic escapade together with his rumoured girlfriend.
However, his attorneys have alleged that the fugitive businessman was kidnapped from Jolly Harbour in Antigua by some officers and delivered to Dominica.Â
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne had mentioned Dominica and legislation enforcement businesses, except the court docket guidelines in any other case, can deport him to India as a result of he’s an Indian citizen.
