Affidavit: Fugitive Mehul Choksi Is Still An Indian Citizen, The Relinquishment Claim Is False, India Said In The Dominica High Court

Efforts are on to bring fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi to India. Indian authorities filed an affidavit in the Dominica High Court saying that Mehul Choksi’s application to relinquish Indian citizenship has been rejected. He is still an Indian citizen.

The affidavit states that the Indian government has taken up the issue of revoking the citizenship granted to him by Antigua with the government there. India has told the Antigua government that it has fraudulently acquired citizenship there. The law enforcing agencies in India need him in connection with the crime committed in the country.

The affidavit, filed by Indian Embassy officials, states that his claim of relinquishing his citizenship of the country under the Indian Citizenship Act 1955 is erroneous. His application has been rejected.
Choksi’s Indian citizenship has not ended yet. The claim that he has given up Indian citizenship is contrary to the law of India and completely flawed. All the claims he is making about this are bogus.

Let me tell you, Mehul Choksi has been arrested for illegally entering Dominica. The High Court of Dominica has refused to grant him bail. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs have submitted details of serious fraud charges against Mehul Choksi in the Dominica High Court. On the other hand, Choksi’s lawyers say that he has given up his Indian citizenship, so he cannot be deported to India.

Choksi demanding to be sent back to Antigua
Mehul Choksi is demanding to return to Antigua, where he has citizenship. However, Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne has denied her entry into the country and asked the Dominican government to deport her directly to India.

Efforts are on to bring fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi to India. Indian authorities filed an affidavit in the Dominica High Court saying that Mehul Choksi’s application to relinquish Indian citizenship has been rejected. He is still an Indian citizen.

The affidavit states that the Indian government has taken up the issue of revoking the citizenship granted to him by Antigua with the government there. India has told the Antigua government that it has fraudulently acquired citizenship there. The law enforcing agencies in India need him in connection with the crime committed in the country.

The affidavit filed by Indian authorities before the Dominica High Court states that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is still an Indian citizen and is erroneously claiming renunciation of the Indian Citizenship under the Citizenship Act, 1955.

— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2021

The affidavit, filed by Indian Embassy officials, states that his claim of relinquishing his citizenship of the country under the Indian Citizenship Act 1955 is erroneous. His application has been rejected.

Choksi’s Indian citizenship has not expired yet. The claim that he has given up Indian citizenship is contrary to the law of India and completely flawed. All the claims he is making about this are bogus.

Let me tell you, Mehul Choksi has been arrested for illegally entering Dominica. The High Court of Dominica has refused to grant him bail. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs have submitted details of serious fraud charges against Mehul Choksi in the Dominica High Court. On the other hand, Choksi’s lawyers say that he has given up his Indian citizenship, so he cannot be deported to India.

Choksi demanding to be sent back to Antigua

Mehul Choksi is demanding to return to Antigua, where he has citizenship. However, Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne has denied her entry into the country and asked the Dominican government to deport her directly to India.