ROSEAU: Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi didn’t appear at Magistrate’s Court at Roseau on June 14 to the beginning of the trial against him within his illegal entry to the Caribbean nation, since he had been suffering from psychological stress and professional elevated blood pressure, his attorneys advised that the court.
The event of Choksi, that has been booked on charges of illegally entering the Caribbean state, was discovered by Chief Magistrate Candia Carette-George in the Magistrate’s Court at Roseau.
The prosecution, headed by Dominica’s Manager of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Sherma Dalrymple, advised the court that it’s”prepared to go to trial”, Antigua News Room reported.
See AlsoMehul Choksi extradition: CBI, MEA strategy Dominican courtCBI and MEA have registered separate impleadment programs in Dominican courtroom to fasten Choksi’s extradition to India.
Pros state that CBI will concentrate on Choksi’s participation in the Rs 13,000 cr PNB scam and attempt to set up his position as a catalyst.
It is going to likewise cite impending warrants against him,” Red Dalrymple also took the chance to present the accession of Indian attorney Harpreet Giana into the nation’s group of prosecutors.
But, Mehul Choksi didn’t appear in court June 14 to the start of the trial.
Rather, his attorneys presented with a medical certificate signed by a physician in the Dominica China Friendship Hospital in which Choksi was undergoing therapy for the last two weeks.
The medical certification states that Mehul Choksi has been a”no display” in court because he had been suffering from”psychological stress” and professional elevated blood pressure.
Chief Magistrate Carette-George afterwards adjourned the issue.
It is going to be heard at 9 am (Caribbean period ) on June 25.
The judge also has arranged for Choksi to be brought to court on June 17 for additional remand.
Mehul Choksi will stay under police guard for a patient in the Dominica China Friendship Hospital before another date of this trial.
Choksi had gone missing from Antigua on May 23 after heading out for supper and was soon captured in Dominica.
He had been charged with illegal entry from law enforcement in Dominica later he supposedly escaped Antigua and Barbuda at a potential effort to prevent extradition to India.
The 62-year-old widow is needed in India in relation with a Rs 13,500-crore fraud at the Punjab National Bank (PNB).