Indian billionaire jeweller arrested over alleged bank fraud
Indian businessman Mehul Choksi has been captured in Belgium taking after India's ask for his extradition.
Mr Choksi, who cleared out India in 2018, was captured on Saturday, his legal counselor Vijay Aggarwal told the BBC on Monday.
The precious stone dealer is needed by India over affirmations of inclusion in a case of swindling one of the country's biggest banks of about $1.8bn (£1.3bn).
Mr Choksi has not commented freely on the case, but his attorney said they would offer against his detainment and too contradict his removal to India.
"These are the self-evident grounds [on which we will contend the case], that he is not a flight hazard and besides, that he is greatly debilitated. He is experiencing cancer treatment," Mr Agarwal said.
He included that they would "challenge the removal on grounds that there isn't sufficient prove against him and the removal ask is politically persuaded and the trial in India may not be fair".
The BBC has come to out to India's remote service and money related wrongdoings office - the Requirement Directorate (ED) - for comment.
According to a Times of India report, Mr Choksi was captured on the premise of two non-bailable warrants issued by an Indian court in 2018 and 2021 - in spite of the fact that it's not clear why the activity came now.
Mr Choksi and his nephew, Nirav Modi, are needed by Indian specialists in association with a $1.8bn extortion case at Punjab National Bank (PNB).
Mr Modi, who's too been living overseas since 2018, is held up in a jail in London and is anticipating removal to India.
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Both were high-profile precious stone dealers. Mr Modi's gems was worn by a few Hollywood celebrities such as Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet. One of the greatest Bollywood stars, Priyanka Chopra, was his company's brand ambassador.
Mr Choksi, in the mean time, was the proprietor of Gitanjali Diamonds, an Indian adornments retailer which once had almost 4,000 stores over India.
The ED has charged Mr Choksi and Modi of colluding with a few representatives of PNB's Brady House department in Mumbai city to get false propels for installments to abroad providers of jewels.
These reserves were at that point supposedly redirected and laundered.
Mr Choksi and Mr Modi have denied the charges against them.
After taking off India, Mr Choksi supposedly voyage to the US and afterward to Antigua - where he has citizenship.
In 2021, he was allegedly captured in Dominica and extradited back to Antigua.
Hariprasad SV, a Bengaluru-based business person who had in 2016 cautioned specialists around the charged trick at PNB, said Mr Choksi's capture was "incredible news".
"Apart from bringing him back, the most vital thing is to get back all those billions of dollars he plundered from India," he told ANI news organization.