Choksi, 62, and his nephew Nirav Modi are accused of siphoning off Rs 13,500 crore from state-run Punjab National Bank using fraudulent letters of undertaking
Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was arrested in Dominica on Thursday
Lawyers of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was detained in Dominica, have filed a habeas corpus petition in a court of the Carribean island country
Choksi had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda; he was captured after an Interpol Yellow Notice.
A special CBI court in Mumbai rejected the interim bail plea of Arjun Patil, who was arrested in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam
A similar notice was also issued to Nirav Modi's wife Ami, sister Purvi and brother-in-law Maiank Mehta
At a virtual summit with UK PM, Modi said economic offenders should be sent back to India at the earliest for trial, says Ministry of External Affairs
Modi, who had 14 days to appeal the decision, approached the High Court of appeals on the April 28, 2021 to appeal the decisions made by the lower court judge
The fugitive diamantaire was arrested by the UK Police in London in March 2019 and his repeated applications for bail, were rejected by the Westminster Magistrates' Court and High Court, London
A special PMLA court on Thursday kept in abeyance the warrant issued against the sister and brother-in-law of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi till further orders.
Sitharaman said that fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are "coming back to India" to face the law
The jail official said that once Nirav Modi is brought to Mumbai, he will be kept in one of the three cells of barrack number 12, which is a high security barrack
The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 (Crypto Bill), which is included in the agenda of the Lower House of Parliament, could be introduced in the monsoon session
In the last five years, India managed to bring only about 20 fugitive offenders including AgustaWestland deal middleman Christian Michel James
Key accused in PNB scam case has 14 days to appeal
The diamond merchant's legal team had claimed political influence
The diamantaire, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, lost his legal battle against extradition
The diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge ruled that he does have a case to answer before the Indian courts
Before the Nirav Modi win, the Centre has stated in an RTI reply that of the 72 absconding economic offenders it has managed to bring only two in the past nearly six years
The 49-year-old appeared via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London and showed no emotion