India sent private jet carrying documents to deport Mehul Choksi from Dominica

A private jet has arrived at the Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica carrying documents related to the deportation of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, confirmed Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne on Sunday. He made the confirmation on his radio programme after a picture of the jet was released in media and the flight path indicated it had taken off from New Delhi and landed in Dominica via Madrid.

A Qatar Airways private jet landed at the Douglas-Charles airport in Dominica, Antigua News Room reported, which led to speculations about deportation of Choksi. The 62-year-old businessman is currently in the custody of the police in Dominica. Browne said that the Indian Government had sent documents from court that prove that Mehul Choksi is a fugitive and these will be produced in the court on Wednesday (June 2). The Antigua PM added that the Indian Government is doing whatever it can to get Choksi deported.

Further, Browne said Mehul Choksi's citizenship is an unsettled matter, adding that he is still an Indian Citizen. Earlier,  first pics of Choksi were released by a local media outlet in Antigua which showed the businessman with swollen eyes and bruised arms. Wayne Marsh, Choksi's lawyer in Dominica, had alleged that his client was ‘severely beaten’ and was ‘abducted’ in Antigua and taken to Dominica. Meanwhile, the Dominica High Court has stayed the removal of Choksi from the island nation till further orders. The matter will next be heard on June 2.