Mehul Choksi’s first pictures from Dominica surface, show swollen red eyes, bruised arms

Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi is currently in the custody of the police in Dominica, after he was caught while 'trying to flee' the island nation. In this picture, Choksi can be seen with swollen eyes. 

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Wayne Marsh, Choksi's lawyer in Dominica, had alleged that his client was ‘severely beaten’ and was ‘abducted’ in Antigua and taken to Dominica. Further, he said they were denied access to their client and it was only on May 27 that he was allowed to speak to Choksi.

"I noticed that he was severely beaten, his eyes were swollen and had several burnt marks on his body. He reported to me that he was abducted at Jolly Harbour in Antigua and brought to Dominica by persons whom he believed to be Indian and Antiguan police on a vessel he described to be about 60-70 feet in length," Marsh told ANI.

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On Thursday (May 27), fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's lawyer had claimed that the businessman was ‘forcefully’ taken to Dominica and has ‘marks on torture' on his body. "Choksi has said that he was forced to get into a vessel from Jolly Harbor in Antigua and he was taken to Dominica," Choksi's counsel Vijay Aggarwal told IANS. 

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The 62-year-old businessman, who has been residing in Antigua and Barbuda since 2018 after his escape from India, had gone missing on Sunday under mysterious circumstances. Later, he was taken into custody by authorities of Dominica where he was captured 'trying to flee'. 

Choksi is wanted in India in connection with the Rs 13,5000-crore Punjab National Bank loan fraud case. 

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A court in Dominica extended the stay on the extradition of Mehul Choksi from Dominica. The next hearing has been set for June 2. 

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