Five months after his arrest, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, approved the extradition of Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamond trader wanted in the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank loan fraud case.

Choksi may now appeal against the Court of Appeal’s preliminary judgment before the Belgian Supreme Court in the next 15 days, a source told The Indian Express .

The order came a month after the Indian government gave a letter of assurance to the Belgian government that described the conditions in which the fugitive diamond trader would be incarcerated in India if he were to be extradited. Here is what to know.

1 – The case against Choksi

Choksi, who hails from a family of diamantaires, expanded his family business under the aegis of the Gitanjali Group, opening fancy stores across Indi

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