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Fugitive jeweller wished over $1.8bn Indian financial institution fraud arrested after seven years

By Editorial Board Published April 14, 2025 2 Min Read
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Fugitive jeweller wished over .8bn Indian financial institution fraud arrested after seven years

A fugitive jeweller wished over an alleged $1.8bn fraud case has been arrested in Belgium.

Mehul Choksi is sought over certainly one of India’s largest ever financial institution frauds, which passed off seven years in the past.

The alleged fraud concerned a single department of Punjab Nationwide Financial institution, India’s second largest state-run lender.

The financial institution had filed a legal grievance with India’s federal investigative company towards a number of entities together with billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and Choksi, his uncle and the managing director of Gitanjali Gems GTGM.NS, saying they’d defrauded PNB.

Police filed fraud prices towards Choksi, Nirav Modi and others in reference to the alleged fraud.

The 2 diamond tycoons have denied any wrongdoing.

Choksi’s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal instructed Reuters on Monday: “An appeal will be filed for his release, on grounds that he isundergoing cancer treatment and is not a flight risk.”

He stated that Choksi had not dedicated any offence in Belgium.

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Choksi is needed over an alleged fraud that passed off seven years in the past. Pic: AP

In a letter in 2018, Choksi stated the “investigating agencies were acting with pre-determined minds and interfering with the course of justice”.

His lawyer instructed native media on Monday that he can be interesting for his launch, citing in poor health well being and ongoing therapy for most cancers.

Nirav Modi fled India in 2018 earlier than particulars of his alleged function within the case grew to become public. He was arrested within the UK the next 12 months and stays in British custody.

He grew up in Belgium’s diamond sprucing hub Antwerp, and Choksi used to go to the town often, even earlier than the monetary rip-off was found.

Diamond merchants in Mumbai have stated Antwerp would have been an excellent place for Choksi to take refuge, as he is aware of folks there and stays related to these within the enterprise.

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