Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi was nabbed by the police in Dominica this week and his first pictures since then were shared by the news agency ANI. Choksi is in the custody of the Dominican police and the court has extended its order to restrain his repatriation back to India.

An earlier order from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of
Dominica also stayed Choksi’s deportation.

The next ruling for Choksi is set to take place on Wednesday,
where the court will be hearing a habeas corpus plea filed by him and deciding
whether the detention of the business tycoon is lawful.

Also read: Dominica SC stays fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s repatriation to India

Choksi, who had been living in the Caribbean nation of
Antigua and Barbuda in recent years, had attempted an escape from the country on
Sunday, prompting a manhunt.

After his eventual capture in the neighbouring country of Dominican
Republic, Antigua refused to take him back, with Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston
Browne subsequently saying that he was in conversation with both the Dominican
and Indian governments for Choksi’s repatriation.

Also read: Fugitive Mehul Choksi to be repatriated to India, says Antiguan PM

The diamantaire, his nephew Nirav Modi and several others are
accused in a case of fraudulent transactions with the state-owned Punjab National
Bank, which resulted in a loss of about Rs 14,000 crore for the bank.

While hearings regarding Choksi’s extradition have commenced
in Dominica, Modi was arrested in London in 2019.