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Mehul Choksi News: Mehul Choksi, accused of PNB scam, is living with wife Preeti in Belgium. He took Belgian residency with fake documents. India has demanded extradition, but the process has become complicated.
Mehul Choksi is currently living in Antwerp city of Belgium with his wife Preeti Choksi.
Highlights
- Mehul Choksi is living with his wife in Belgium.
- India has demanded extradition of Mehul Choksi.
- Choksi took Belgium Residency with fake documents.
Mehul Choksi, a wanted and absconding fugitive businessman in the PNB scam, is currently living with his wife Preeti Choksi in Antwerp city of Belgium. The city is famous worldwide for diamond business. According to reports, Choksi achieved Belgian’s ‘F Residency Card’ on 15 November 2023, making his return to India and complicated.
According to reports, Preeti Choksi, wife of Mehul Choksi, is a citizen of Belgium, and he played an important role in getting her citizenship there. Choksi allegedly submitted incorrect and fake documents to get this residency, including false claims and fake declarations. Not only this, he also hid his Indian and Antigua’s citizenship.
Government of India permission for extradition
Indian agencies have demanded extradition of Mehul Choksi from the Belgian government. But due to the new Belgian Residency, this process has become difficult. Choksi can now travel unabated in many countries of Europe, which is hindering India’s efforts to bring it back.
Plan to go to Switzerland
Taking up the matter further, Choksi is now planning to go to Switzerland. Describing his health problems, he has spoken about treatment in Hirslanden Klinik Aarau, citing his health problems. The hospital is known for the treatment of cancer, and it is believed that Choksi is trying to delay extradition on human basis.
Government of India declared a fugitive economic criminal
Mehul Choksi is accused of joining the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, one of the biggest scams in Indian banking history. Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are accused of cheating more than Rs 14,000 crore. The Government of India has declared him as Fugitive Economic Offender – Feo.
Now it has to be seen whether the Belgian government takes action on the request of Indian agencies, or Mehul Choksi succeeds in going to Switzerland. At the moment, the path of his return to India seems to be difficult.
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