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Trouble continues to mount for fugitive ex-diamantaire Mehul Choksi as it has now been learnt that he has not completed relinquishing his Indian citizenship, as per sources. Mehul Choksi, who for the moment is believed to have Antiguan citizenship, is currently fighting deportation to India, was found in Dominica after he allegedly went missing from Jolly Harbour in Antigua on May 23. The update on Mehul Choksi’s citizenship comes after Antigua and Barbuda PM Gaston Browne’s notice dated October 14, 2019, seeking to deprive Choksi of his citizenship, came to light.

Sources informed that Mehul Choksi had failed to submit his Indian passport at the nearest embassy or High Commission as per the rules. A renunciation certificate is then issued after due checks from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) following which the citizenship is considered relinquished. However, sources informed that the due processes were not followed in Mehul Choksi’s case.

Antigua PM backs Mehul Choksi’s deportation
Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne backed Mehul Choksi’s direct deportation to India urging for his alleged ‘abduction’ to be treated separately from his extradition. In a statement to Republic TV’s Executive Editor Niranjan Narayanaswamy, PM Gaston Browne alleged the fugitive diamond merchant had attempted to conspire against his government along with the Opposition party, revealing that Mehul Choksi had changed his lawyer to a well-known member of the UPP given the protection that the Opposition party had offered in exchange for his campaign funding.

“It’s a red herring. Choksi’s changed his lawyer to a well-known member of the UPP; former attorney general under the UPP, Justin Simon. We have it on reliable authority that the UPP had promised Choksi protection, for campaign funding. That is why they are so vehement, that he should not be deported from Dominica to India, but back to Antigua where he could continue to hide behind the constitutional protections of citizenship,” Antigua PM Gaston Browne stated.

Browne revealed that instead of subjecting himself to an inquiry, Choksi had attempted to use Courts to stay the revocation of his citizenship. He also cited the order that he had written in 2019 to deprive Choksi of his citizenship which accused him of ‘wilful concealment of facts’ and ‘false representation’ to obtain the citizenship in the first place. Here is the 2019 order:
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