New Delhi. India’s fugitive diamond businessman Mehul Choksi is now slowly tightening the grip. After the arrest of Mehul Choksi in Belgium, action against him in India has also intensified. A Mumbai court has allowed the properties of Mehul Choksi to auction. By selling assets worth more than Rs 2,565 crore, the amount received will be kept in the name of the affected banks so that their funds can be returned to the victims. There are notices of ED, CBI and all banks on the walls outside several properties of Mehul Choksi.
ED seized 41 properties of Mehul Choksi and her company Geetanjali James Limited in 2018. So far, an amount of Rs 125 crore has been returned to the victims by selling properties related to Mehul Choksi’s company. चोकसी की अभी तक जिन संपत्तियों को जब्त किया जा चुका है उनमें मुंबई में 15 फ्लैट्स और 17 आफिस, अलीबाग में 4 एकड़ का एक फार्म हाउस, मुंबई के बोरीवली (पूर्व) और सांताक्रूज (पूर्व) क्षेत्रों में फ्लैट्स, सांताक्रूज़ इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स एक्सपोर्ट प्रोसेसिंग ज़ोन में दो कारखाने और गोदाम, पनवेल, नासिक, नागपुर और तमिलनाडु के विलुपुरम में 231 एकड़ भूमि, A shopping mall in Kolkata, 170 acres of parks in Ranga Reddy district of Hyderabad.
Let us know that Choksi had escaped leaving India by cheating 13500 crores from Punjab National Bank. Recently he has been arrested in Belgium. After his arrest, he has also raised hope for his extradition. A day earlier, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal also said that we are working closely with Belgian officials for the extradition of Mehul Choksi so that he can be brought to India as soon as possible.
