What’s Next For Fugitive Indian Businessman Mehul Choksi?

News Americas, ROSEAU, Dominica, Thurs. May 27, 2021: Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi, who had fled Antigua and Barbuda, was yesterday captured in Dominica, according to news agency PTI citing local media. So what’s next for Choksi?

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has reportedly given clear instructions to authorities in Dominica to have Mehul Choksi repatriated back to his home country of India.

“We asked them not to repatriate him to Antigua. He needs to return to India where he can face the criminal charges leveled against him”, Browne said the journalists in Antigua & Barbuda.

Choksi was last night in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dominica according to Antigua media report.

His arrest in Dominica came after Prime Minister Gaston Browne had earlier said he has “no reliable information till date” that Choksi had fled the country.