Mehul Choksi Tells Bombay High Court That He Can't File Medical Reports As Antigua Doctor Refused To Treat Him
[ By Bobby Anthony ]PNB scam accused diamantaire Mehul Choksi has told the Bombay High Court that he is unable to submit his medical reports to JJ Hospital in Mumbai, as directed by the court, because his doctor in Antigua has refused to treat him “due to some reason”.Earlier, Choksi had challenged proceedings initiated against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) before a lower court...
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PNB scam accused diamantaire Mehul Choksi has told the Bombay High Court that he is unable to submit his medical reports to JJ Hospital in Mumbai, as directed by the court, because his doctor in Antigua has refused to treat him “due to some reason”.
Earlier, Choksi had challenged proceedings initiated against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) before a lower court to declare him a fugitive economic offender in the scam.
Responding to this statement, the ED’s advocate requested the high court to dismiss Choksi's plea, adding that the prosecution’s plea to declared him as a fugitive economic offender is getting delayed because of such petitions filed in the high court.
After hearing brief arguments, the high court asked Choksi’s lawyer to withdraw his petition since he had no documents to support Choksi’s statement.
Accordingly, Choksi’s lawyer withdrew his petition that claimed that the doctor in Antigua had refused to treat him.
It may be noted that the ED, which had moved a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court here to get Choksi declared a fugitive economic offender, has accused the diamantaire of fleeing the country to avoid arrest.
Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi, who is currently in a London jail, are wanted by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly defrauding the Punjab National Bank (PNB) to the tune of Rs 13,400 crore.
