Mumbai: Ordering the extradition of fugitive economic offender Mehul Choksi, 66, the Belgian court has confirmed that he is regarded as a foreigner under the country’s law and therefore is subject to deportation to India in accordance with the Belgian Extradition Act of 1874.

Choksi Claims Kidnapping in Extradition Case

Choksi’s claim of being kidnapped in Antigua by the Indian authorities in May 2021, which he argued involved forcible transfer to Dominica and then India, was a central point in his extradition proceedings. He submitted multiple documents, including INTERPOL Files Control Commission (CCF) submissions from 2018 to 2022, to support his allegation.

However, the court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support his kidnapping claim, observing that the documents su

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