The Government of India is tightening its grip on thebillionaire diamond trader Mehul Choksi who is absconding from Indian banks by'robbing' nearly Rs 13500 crore.
Mehul Choksi was admitted to a hospital in the Caribbeancountry of Dominica and his extradition to India is under legal process.
Mehul Choksi holds citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda,another Caribbean country where he was living an extravagant lifestyle with hisgirlfriend Babara Jarabica.
According to Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne,Choksi went to neighboring country Dominica via a yacht to get his girlfriend(Babara Jarabica) to have dinner or spend a 'good time' and was caught there.
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After Mehul wascaught, his girlfriend Babra Zarabika hasalso gone missing.
According to Caribbean media, Babara Jarabica is a propertyinvestment consultant and studied at the London School of Economics.
Choksi's lawyers say that Mehul has been abducted by Antiguaand Indian agencies. Choksi's lawyers in Antigua say that his client wasscheduled to meet his girlfriend Babara Jarabica on May 23. Meanwhile, he wasabducted by Antigua police and Indian officials from the Jolly Harbor area. Hesaid that Babara Jarabika and Mehul Choksi could not meet because the diamondtrader was kidnapped while he was going to the restaurant.
The lawyers claimed that both Mehul and Babara were friendsfor the past one year and often used to meet around Antigua and Barbuda. Thelawyers, however, did not reveal whether Mehul and Babara Jarabica had abusiness, friendship or any investment related relationship.
Mehul Choksi's hot girlfriend Babara Jarabica lives a veryluxurious life. Her Instagram account shows that she enjoyed sea waves throughluxury yachts.
She was also photographed staying in an expensive hotel inBudapest. In another picture, Babara Jarabica was seen sitting in a helicopter “Withthe girls”.
Babara describes herseld as a traveler, business and sports addict.
Earlier Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne hadrevealed that Choksi might have gone to neighboring country Dominica via ayacht to get his girlfriends dinner or spend a 'good time'.
Antigua and Barbuda PM Browne said, 'The problem is thatthat if Choksi is deported because he is a citizen of Antigua, even though hiscitizenship is unstable, he still has constitutional and statutory protection.We have no doubt that eventually Choksi's citizenship will be revoked as he didnot disclose information about himself.'
According to 'Antigua News Room', a private aircraft ofQatar Airways landed at Douglas-Charles Airport in Dominica, after whichspeculation has started about Choksi's extradition. Choksi, who went missingunder mysterious circumstances from Antigua and Barbuda, was caught in theneighboring Dominica. Browne told the Redisha show that the aircraft hadarrived from India with the documents required for Choksi's extradition.According to publicly available data from Q7's executive flight A7CEE, theaircraft took off from Delhi airport at 3.44 am on 28 May and reached Dominicaat 1:30 pm local time on the same day.
Meanwhile, the High Court of Dominica has barred Choksi frombeing taken away from it and further action will be decided in this case onlyafter hearing in open court on June 2.
Choksi alleged that Antigua and Indian-looking policemenabducted him from the jolly port in Antigua and Barbuda and took him toDominica.
Several photographs of Choksi from Dominica have surfaced inwhich her eyes were swollen and there were scratch marks on her arm. Choksi andhis nephew Nirav Modi allegedly embezzled an amount of Rs 13,500 crore fromPunjab National Bank.
Nirav Modi is lodged in a London jail and is fighting a caseagainst his extradition to India. Choksi took citizenship of Antigua andBarbuda in 2017 and fled India in the first week of January 2018. Only afterthis, the scam came to light. Both are facing CBI investigation.