Choksi To Sent Back To Antigua, Says Lawyer 

  • 29-May-2021
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A court in Dominica has ‘restrained’ authorities from removing fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi from the Caribbean island country till further orders.

The order came on a petition filed by the lawyers of Choksi, who was detained in Dominica for ‘illegal entry’.

The legal team has filed a habeas corpus petition in Dominica for Mehul Choksi and have also highlighted deprivation of access to Mehul Choksi and deprivation of constitutional rights to legal assistance. 

Choksi's lawyer in Dominica, Wayne Marsh, had told in a brief interaction that Choksi was picked up at Jolly Harbour in Antigua and Barbuda by men looking like Indian and Antiguan policemen and was put in a vessel.

Marsh had said he saw marks on the body of Choksi who had swollen eyes and feared for his life.  He said Choksi is a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda and not India hence he should be sent back.

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