Mehul Choksi denied bail for the Dominican Main Court, called ‘flight risk’

India presented two sworn statements in the High Court of Dominica that establishes Indian citizenship of Mehul Choksi and the serious nature of fraud that was committed in GNP.

Mehul Choksi, the fugitive jeweler wanted in India in relation to the ₹ 13,500 fraud by the National Bank of Crore Punjab (GNP), has been denied the bail by the Superior Court of Dominica, the Ani news agency reported on Saturday that Citan Local means.

Judge Wynante Adrien-Roberts from Dominica High Court denied bail to Mehul Choksi after the conclusion of presentations made by both parties. The court also stressed that Mehul Choksi did not offer any strong guarantees before the court while looking for the bond and he is also a flight risk, the older writing room reported. Choksi lawyers argued the residence of medical land and not a flight risk.

Mehul Choksi, Adrien-Roberts said, has no links with Dominica and that he can not impose any condition that he assures him that he did not pass, according to Ani. The High Court also noted that Choksi proposed that he will stay with his brother at the hotel, which is not a fixed address. The court also noted that the judgment of it has not yet begun.

Choksi has an interim relief of instant repatriation to India by the Dominican Court.

The verdict comes a few days after the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, called Choksi an “Indian citizen” and said the courts will decide what happens to him. Skerrit also said that the government will protect Choksi’s rights, since he awaits the trial. “The matter with this Indian citizen is before the courts, the courts will decide what happens to this gentleman and allow him to pass him the judicial process,” said the news of Jamaica Dominicana.

Sworn statements of India

The Indian government presented two sworn statements in the High Court of Dominica that established Indian citizenship of Mehul Choksi and the serious nature of fraud he committed in GNP, people familiar with the matter said in the condition of anonymity.

Sharda Raut, the Central Research Office (CBI) Deputy Inspector General Handling of GNP Fraud Research, and Azad Singh, the consular officer of the High Committee of India to the Community of Dominica, presented legal declarations on Thursday, One day before Mehul Choksi’s the Failete will be heard on the high court.

Detailed evidence has been given in the sworn statements against Mehul Choksi related to the criminal conspiracy, deception and money laundering and the reasons why he needs to face research in India, said the people cited in the first instance.

The sworn statements also say that Choksi’s surrender of Indian citizenship was never approved by the authorities and he was an Indian citizen when the crime was committed.

Choksi lawyers have tried to examine the sworn statements of India.