Global police body Interpol issued a red corner notice against fugitive offender Mehul Choksi, wanted in the 13,000-crore bank fraud case, on Thursday. The Interpol arrest warrant came on a CBI request. The CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a charge sheet against him in a Mumbai court. Authorities in Antigua are now likely to trace him and inform India.
Mr Choksi’s movements will be tracked and he won’t be allowed to leave the country. The 59-year-old had left India in January for medical treatment in the US. Mr Choksi was last traced to Antigua where he has been granted citizenship. Sources say the Interpol had issued the notice against Mr Choksi about a fortnight ago after a decision was taken by the Commission for the Control of Interpol Files in a meeting in October.
India is eying to bring back Mr Choksi from Antigua under the provision of a law of the island nation, which provides for extradition of a fugitive to a designated Commonwealth country, official sources said.