Mehul Choksi case up for hearing in Dominica today: All you need to know

Mehul Choksi was denied bail during a hearing on Wednesday. The Dominica High Court will continue to hear the ‘illegal entry’ case today.

Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi, who was arrested on May 23 in Dominica for alleged illegal entry into the country, was denied bail during a hearing on Wednesday. Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in connection with the Rs 13,500-crore fraud case in Punjab National Bank (PNB), pleaded before the magistrate that he was abducted and forcibly brought to Dominica from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda, about 100 nautical miles away.