The Belgium Supreme Court has dismissed Indian fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi’s plea challenging his extradition to India in a Rs 13,850-crore scam, CBI officials said on Tuesday.

Choksi had approached Belgium’s top court on October 30, challenging the October 17 order of the Antwerp Court of Appeals, which had termed India’s extradition request “enforceable.” The spokesperson for the Court of Cassation, Advocaat-general Henri Vanderlinden, said, “The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal. So, the decision of the Court of Appeal stands.”

The Antwerp court had earlier ruled that Choksi, the main accused in the Rs 13,850-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, faced “no risk” of being denied a fair trial or subjected to ill-treatment if sent back to India.

On October 17, a four-memb

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