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Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has moved to Antigua from the US and taken the passport of the Caribbean country, government sources said.
In response to a diffusion notice issued by Interpol, the Enforcement Directorate has been informed by the Antiguan authorities that Choksi arrived there this month and had taken the passport of that country, they said.
Choksi had fled the country in the first week of January, nearly a fortnight before the country’s biggest banking fraud surfaced.
The CBI has booked Choksi, uncle of his alleged partner in crime Nirav Modi, in two cases related to the scam and filed charge sheet against him.
A special court in Mumbai has issued a Non-Bailable Warrant against him.
Armed with the warrant, the CBI moved the Interpol for issuance of Red Corner Notice against the Gitanjali group promoter, who is one of the masterminds behind $2-billion banking fraud in the Punjab National Bank, but it is still under process. On this basis, request for Red Corner Notice was moved in June.
While RCN has been issued against Nirav Modi and his brother Nishal by the Interpol, the request for such a notice against Choksi is pending with the Lyon-based international police cooperation agency, they said.
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