Choksi went missing on May 23, 2021, from Antigua and was found in Dominica the next day.
Mehul Choksi, the Indian diamond dealer who is desperately wanted by the government in Delhi to answer fraud charges, has successfully had his name removed from the Interpol database of Red Notices.
Reports are that the notice was removed based on his [Choksi’s]plea to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.
It is based on an arrest warrant or court order issued by the judicial authorities in the requesting country. Member countries apply their laws in deciding whether or not to arrest a person.
In the case of Choksi, Interpol issued a Red Notice against him in 2018, almost a year after he left India to travel to Antigua and Barbuda where he gained citizenship by investment.
After the red notice was issued, Choksi, through his attorneys challenged the CBI application saying that the case was a result of political conspiracy, and feared that he would experience terrible jail conditions in India, and had safety and health concerns
When the news broke, a spokesman for Choksi said “The report from the Antiguan police, and the evidence offered by Choksi in the ongoing High Court proceedings in Antigua, point to an alarming case of a state-orchestrated kidnapping, torture, and attempted rendition by the Indian government. The decision of Interpol to delete the Red Notice strengthens these concerns,”.
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