Mehul Choksi a crook: Antigua PM says he will eventually be repatriated

New Delhi: Terming Mehul Choksi as a crook Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said that the Indian officials are free to investigate the fugitive businessman, who is one of the accused in the Rs 14,000 crore Punjab National Bank scam.

“We are a country of laws, the matter is before the judiciary. Mehul Choksi is a crook and will eventually be repatriated, it is a matter of time once he exhausts his legal options,” Browne said.

A few months after committing the PNB fraud, Choksi used the Citizenship By Investment (CIP) programme to get citizenship and settle in Antigua & Barbuda.