On Saturday, 29 May 2021, the first pictures of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi surfaced that showed the PNB scam accused behind bars in Dominica, where he was arrested a few days back.
Posting the new photo, the AniguaNewsRoom tweeted, "First pictures emerge of Mehul Choksi behind bars."
— AntiguaNewsRoom (@AntiguaNewsRoom) May 29, 2021
The photos of Mehul Choksi in police custody in Dominica showed he had injury marks on his body. Bruises could be seen on both of his arms and his left eye was red and swollen.
The next hearing of the case is on 2nd June, 2021.
- Earlier this week, Choksi's Dominica-based lawyer Wayne Marsh said his client was abducted from Antigua on Sunday (May 23) and beaten up.
"I noticed that he was severely beaten, his eyes were swollen and had several burn marks on his body (apparently burnt by some electronic device). He reported to me that he was abducted at Jolly Harbour in Antigua and brought to Dominica by persons whom he believed to be Indian and Antiguan police on a vessel he described to be about 60-70 feet in length," Choksi's lawyer said.
On Friday, the High Court of Dominica once again "restrained" the extradition of Choksi. Justice M.E. Birnie Stephenson, in her order, extended the injunction on removing Choksi from Dominica "until further or other hearing of this application is continued until the further hearing of this matter".
A massive manhunt was launched after Choksi went missing and an Interpol Notice was issued by Antigua and Barbuda. He was traced and captured in Dominica on May 25.
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