Mehul Choksi Missing – Help Locate Mehul Choksi
the 62-year-old fugitive diamantaire wanted by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in connection with ₹ 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud and money-laundering case – has gone missing in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, to which he fled in 2018.
Mr Choksi’s lawyer, Vijay Aggarwal, confirmed to NDTV on Tuesday morning that his client is missing and that his family is looking for him. He also said Antiguan police had launched a manhunt.
Sources within the CBI told NDTV it had not been officially informed that Mr Choksi is missing, but it is writing to the Antiguan embassy in India for confirmation and more information.
Agency sources also said a Red Notice against Mr Choksi – issued by Interpol in 2018 – meant they will be alerted if he entered any immigration point anywhere in the world.
According to news agency ANI, Mr Choksi left his home at 5.15 pm Sunday (local time) to go for dinner at a restaurant in the southern part of the island.
He was last seen in his car, which has been recovered. But there is still no sign of him. Numerous searches have been conducted to no avail, ANI said, quoting an Antiguan police statement.
“Anyone with information is asked to call the Johnson Point Police Station or the Criminal Investigations Department (CID),” local media outfit Antiguan Newsroom appealed.