Category: Scams
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Choksi alerted Hong Kong entities in 2017, destroyed evidence: CBI
New Delhi, June 17: The Central Bureau of Investigation has said in a supplementary chargesheet that a month after fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi left the country, the original applications submitted by Gitanjali Gems to the Punjab National Bank were shifted with an intention to cause their disappearance. Choksi had in December 2017 visited Hong Kong…
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Jail term for illegal entry could delay Choksi’s extradition to India by over a month
New Delhi, June 04: India has said that it is doing everything it could to bring back fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi who was arrested in Dominica after he fled Antigua. The Antigua government has made it clear that it does not want Choksi back on its soil and it could be better if he is…
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Nationality argument crucial in Dominica as India waits with private jet to bring back Mehul Choksi
New Delhi, June 02: A private jet awaits to bring back fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi from Dominica to India. A Dominica court would rule on whether Choksi can be sent back to India or not, the arguments of which will be advanced today. Read more
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CBI-ED team in Dominica: Deportation subject to Choksi’s nationality argument
New Delhi, June 01: A multi agency team of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate will be present at a court hearing in Dominica as they make efforts to bring back fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi. The team reached the island on May 28 and would be present at the court hearing scheduled to…
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Choksi still Indian national, a fit case for deportation, ED will argue in Dominica court
New Delhi, May 31: The Enforcement Directorate which is seeking the extradition of fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi will argue in the High Court of Dominica that he is still an Indian citizen. His passport being issued by Antigua and Barbuda has been issued illegally, the ED could argue. He is accused of fraud and money…
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Indian Amb to Port of Spain likely to visit Dominica, seek extradition of Choksi
New Delhi, May 28: With a Dominican court staying the repatriation of fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi, India’s High Commissioner to the Port of Spain Arun Kumar Sahu is likely to travel to Dominica and seek a formal extradition of the fugitive businessman. India has activated its diplomatic channels is seeking to initiate dialogue with Dominica…
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Interpol alert may have helped nab Mehul Choksi
New Delhi, May 27: Fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi was apprehended by the Dominica police after he illegally landed in a boat from Antigua. Sources tell OneIndia that he may have been apprehended following an Interpol alert. The government of Antigua had approached the Interpol and other international police agencies in the region to trace Choksi.…
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From Narada to Maharashtra extortion case, Jaiswal has task cut out as CBI boss
New Delhi, May 26: Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was chosen to head the Central Bureau of Investigation by a high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Subodh Kumar Jaiswal is an IPS officer of the 1985 batch of the Maharashtra cadre. He is a former Director General of Police, Maharashtra succeeding Dattatray Padsalgikar on February…
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As cops step up manhunt, Mehul Choksi continues to remain untraceable
Antigua, May 25: The Antigua police have stepped up search operations after fugitive businessman, Mehul Choksi went missing. His lawyers said that he had gone for dinner at the southern part of the Island and was never seen after that. In a statement, the police said that based on additional information received the police have…
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What is the Narada sting case and why has it come back to bite the TMC
New Delhi, May 17: The CBI on Monday arrested TMC leaders Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee and Madan Mitra as well as former party leader Sovan Chatterjee in Kolkata in connection with the Narada sting case in which politicians were purportedly caught taking money on camera, officials said. The Narada string operation was carried out by…
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