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Mehul Choksi, are seeking to get him back to India from Belgium, where he has been spotted, said people with knowledge of the matter. One of the two prime accused in the $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, Choksi-otherwise resident in Antigua-has proven elusive and is said to have to come to the European country for medical treatment, thus providing the agencies an opportunity to get hold of him. After getting wind of his visit, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought the immediate detention of Choksi, said the people cited above. With Belgium seeking a formal extradition request, the Indian authorities are working on the process so that Choksi can be held and eventually brought to India, they added.

Mehul Choksi's plea seeking records related to the suspension of his passport from the regional passport office. Choksi, an accused in a multi-million dollars scam at the Punjab National Bank, has claimed that he can not return to India as his passport is suspended on the ground of a «security threat to India». The special judge for the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases S M Menjoge, however, allowed his plea seeking copies of investigation files relevant to decide whether there are sufficient grounds to declare Choksi a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO).

Porsche car crash case claiming these are influential persons and several key witnesses were afraid of them. Investigating officer (IO) Ganesh Ingale told court the accused, like fugitive businessmen Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya, could flee the country if given bail. Two IT professionals were killed on May 19 when their motorcycle was hit by a Porsche, allegedly driven by an inebriated minor, in Kalyani Nagar in Pune. The six accused whose bail please are being heard are the minor's parents Vishal and Shivani Agarwal, Sassoon General Hospital's Dr Ajay Taware and Dr Shreehari Halnor as well as alleged middlemen Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad. Assistant Commissioner of Police Ingale said the conspiracy to replace the blood samples of the minor was hatched at Irani Cafe in Wadgaonsheri area and accused Dr Ajay Taware was contacted and given allurement. «Though Taware told other accused he would not come forward, the probe indicates Taware has a key role in the entire conspiracy,» he said, adding the conspiracy and crime took place in multiple places such as Irani Cafe, Sassoon General Hospital, Yerwada police station, the Juvenile Justice Board permises, Dr Halnor's residential campus.

London: Fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, who has been in prison in London for over five years, on Tuesday made a new bail application which was rejected by a UK judge who ruled that he continued to pose a “substantial risk" of absconding justice. The 52-year-old diamond merchant, who lost his extradition battle to face fraud and money laundering charges in India, did not appear for the bail hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London but his son and two daughters were present in the gallery.

Tejashwi Yadav has decided to respond with humour to BJP Lok Sabha candidate Kangana Ranaut's gaffe on May 4. Speaking during an election rally on May 4, Ranaut, who is the BJP candidate from Mandi seat (Himachal Pradesh), seemingly launched an attack on Yadav, but mis-named him as fellow BJP leader Tejasvi Surya instead. Surya is the BJP LS candidate from Bengaluru South constituency in Karnataka.

Times of India has reported. As per the report, these most wanted fugitives include defense dealer Sanjay Bhandari, diamond trader Nirav Modi and Kingfisher Airlines promoter Vijay Mallya. In order to seize the "proceeds of crime," efforts are being made to locate their properties in the UK and other nations, the report stated.

CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to the United Kingdom, in a bid to speed up the extradition of Indian fugitives, including the likes of diamond trader Nirav Modi and Kingfisher's Vijay Mallya. According to a Times of India report, sources told the publication that a senior officer from the foreign ministry is heading the team, which is set to meet with UK authorities via the Indian High Commission in London.

Mehul Choksi and his wife, the Supreme Court has restored a cheating case lodged by the Gujarat Police, while setting aside a 2017 order of the state high court quashing the FIR against them. Mehul Choksi, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, is also an accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case in which they allegedly defrauded the bank of over Rs 14,000 crore.

Tom Tugendhat said, amid India's continuing push for extradition of billionaire fugitives Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi. Tugendhat, without citing specific cases, said legal processes must be adhered to in matters relating to extradition. «We both (the UK and India) have legal processes that must be gone through.

Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transferring nine High Court judges, including Justice Hemant M Prachchhak who refused to pause the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 defamation case. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y.

Rahul Gandhi. He is seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case related to his "Modi surname" remark. The stay was previously dismissed by the Gujarat High Court.

Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday moved an application before a special court seeking the release of the ₹71 crore worth of property owned by fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is accused of duping the bank, to recover a part of its dues, according to PTI reports.  Nirav Modi was declared a 'fugitive economic offender' in December 2019, and his uncle Mehul Choksi is accused of committing a ₹14,000 crore scam by obtaining credit facilities fraudulently from the PNB and several of the former's properties, as well as that of his kin, were attached by the Enforcement Directorate under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Currently, only ₹1,066.41 crore of properties have been released from attachment under the PMLA and this value is grossly insufficient to meet the quantifiable loss, it said.  It added that there is an immediate need for the speedy disposal of the assets to realize their best value.