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Mehul choksi arrested: The infamous fugitive and diamond businessman Mehul Choksi in the PNB scam case have been arrested in Belgium. The 65 -year -old businessman was detained on 12 April Saturday. CBI sources have confirmed this from NDTV. According to the report, this arrest has been made after issuing two arrest warrants in 2018 and 2021 by the Mumbai court. The vigil is currently in Beljim’s jail and can apply for bail due to his health reasons.
Who is Mehul Choksi
Mehul Choksi is the former chairman of the Gitanjali Group, at one time there were big jewelery retail chains and more than 4 thousand stores in the country. Born on 5 May 1959, the vigilance took over the business of father’s or her father Chinubhai Choksi in 1985. He increased the diamond business accelerated across the country and became a big name in the jewelery industry.
After getting citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda from 2017, the business of vigil also spread to Belgium. According to reports, Mehul Choksi is married to a diamond businessman, while Mehul’s brother was also behind in the diamond business. Vigilance often went to Belgium for his treatment and lived with his wife, who is a Belgian citizen.
What is PNB scam?
Mehul Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are accused of PNB Bank scam worth Rs 13,850 crore. This is a big scam in the history of the country’s bank scams. Both of them defrauded the bank for crores of rupees from the Brady House Branch of PNB in Mumbai through fake late of undertakings and foreign letters of credit.
Investigators said that this scam was carried out for many years with the connivance of PNB officials. Mehul Choksi escaped shortly before this entire matter came to light. Vigilance took citizenship through the investment program there.
In the year 2021, the diamond businessman vigilantly disappeared from Antigua and later found in Antigua. It was believed that he was trying to escape to Cuba by boat. After this, a legal dispute arose between the three Caribbean countries. Belgian Authorities recently confirmed the vigil stay there.
