Sushma Swaraj, the foreign minister who is in New York as of now for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), has conversed with her Antiguan counterpart concerning Mehul Choksi’s extradition, the prime accused in the 14,000-crore PNB scam. The Antiguan minister, EP Chet Greene, has given Ms. Swaraj an assurance all the cooperation but there stand to be some “legal angles and court procedures”, which Antigua will first fulfil.
Spokesperson of the foreign ministry stated, “The External Affairs Minister had requested him that quicker the matter is resolved, the better it is. Her counterpart replied that they’re trying their best, he said there are some legal angles and court procedures, which they’ll examine but he expressed the commitment of his Prime Minister and government before Sushma Swaraj”.
On asking if the two leaders talked on how long the extradition could take, Raveesh stated, “These things cannot be given a time frame.”
The meeting, on Wednesday, between Ms Swaraj and EP Chet Green was arranged at the request of the Foreign Minister of Antigua. Raveesh Kumar stated, “He personally wanted to tell the External Affairs Minister of the commitment of his PM and his government regarding the extradition of Mehul Choksi”.
As per the Ministry of External Affairs, Swaraj conveyed it to Chet Green during the bilateral meeting that there were high expectations in India concerning Choksi’s extradition since he fled the country after committing a humungous fraud. Meanwhile, a special court, yesterday on Wednesday, has given time till 30th October so as to file his reply to a notice to the ED (Enforcement Directorate) that seeks to declare him a “fugitive” under a new law.
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