Eastern Caribbean Supreme court of Dominica on Friday stayed the repatriation order of fugitive Indian diamantaire Mehul Choksi, reported ANI. This comes a day after Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said that Choksi will be deported to India.

The court will now hear the matter at 9 am on May 28, reported news agency ANI.

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dominica on Tuesday night (local time).

As per reports, Choksi was trying to flee to Cuba. He was taken into custody after Interpol Yellow Notice was issued by Antigua and Barbuda. PM Browne said they have decided to not accept him back and Dominica has agreed for Choksi’s repatriation.  

Choksi, who is fugitive businessman Nirav Modi’s uncle, is wanted in India on charges of fraud in relation to Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam. 

In 2018, PNB filed a complaint, alleging that two junior employees of its Mumbai’s Brady House branch, along with Modi and Choksi’s companies, issued fraudulent “letters of undertaking”. The fraudulent LoUs were reported to be worth Rs 2.8 billion at first but within three months, the scam ballooned to over Rs 11,000 crore.