Handover Mehul Choksi to India directly: Antigua and Barbuda PM to Dominica
The Hindu
The fugitive diamantaire, who had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda, was captured in neighbouring Dominica after an Interpol Yellow Notice was issued against him
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has asked neighbouring Dominica, , to hand the diamantaire over to India directly, local media reported. After news of Choksi's arrest in Dominica came on Tuesday night (local time), Mr. Browne told local media that he has given "clear instructions" to the Dominican authorities to repatriate Choksi to India. "We asked them not to repatriate him to Antigua. He needs to return to India where he can face the criminal charges levelled against him," Antigua News Room, a media outlet, quoted Mr. Browne's interaction with journalists in Antigua and Barbuda.
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