12/13/2018 Interpol issues Red Notice against Mehul Choksi - The Hindu

NATI ONAL

Interpol issues Red Notice against Mehul Choksi

India has already approached the Antiguan government seeking Mr. Choksi's extradition.

The Interpol has issued a Red Notice against billionaire Mehul Choksi, in connection with the ₹ 13,578-crore Punjab National
Bank fraud, officials said on Thursday.

"The Red Notice has been issued on the Central Bureau of Investigation's request. Although his location is now known, the notice
also seeks his detention by enforcement agencies in the Interpol member countries," said an official. 

As Antigua is a member country, Indian agencies may soon request their counterparts there to execute the notice.

India has already approached the Antiguan government seeking Mr. Choksi's extradition. Documents allegedly showing his
involvement in the case have also been shared through the Ministry of External Affairs.

Mr. Choksi had earlier moved the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in Antigua requesting to stop the extradition process. 

He had flown out of the country in the first week of January, along with co-accused Nirav Modi and his family members, days
before the bank lodged a complaint with the CBI for registration of an FIR. 
It later turned out that he had applied for citizenship in Antigua in May 2017 and was soon granted the same.

The agencies have also sent a request to the United Kingdom authorities seeking Mr. Nirav Modi's extradition. The assets of the
accused persons in India and abroad have been attached by the Enforcement Directorate.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/interpol-issues-red-corner-notice-against-mehul-choksi-cbi/article25732115.ece?homepage=true 1/4
12/13/2018 Interpol issues Red Notice against Mehul Choksi - The Hindu

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/interpol-issues-red-corner-notice-against-mehul-choksi-cbi/article25732115.ece?homepage=true 2/4
12/13/2018 Interpol issues Red Notice against Mehul Choksi - The Hindu

Devesh K. Pandey
N EW DELHI: , DECEMBER 1 3, 201 8 1 1 :57 IS T
U PDATED: DECEMBER 1 3, 201 8 1 2:39 IS T

Printable version | Dec 13, 2018 12:40:32 PM | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/interpol-issues-red-corner-notice-

against-mehul-choksi-cbi/article25732115.ece

© The Hindu

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/interpol-issues-red-corner-notice-against-mehul-choksi-cbi/article25732115.ece?homepage=true 3/4
12/13/2018 Interpol issues Red Notice against Mehul Choksi - The Hindu

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/interpol-issues-red-corner-notice-against-mehul-choksi-cbi/article25732115.ece?homepage=true 4/4