Antigua PM Says He's "Not Aware Of Evidence" That Mehul Choksi Was Abducted

Fugutive diamantaire Mehul Choksi had mysteriously gone missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since 2018 as a citizen.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said he is not aware of "any conclusive evidence" but there is information in public domain that diamantaire Mehul Choksi was abducted and law enforcement agencies may be having some "persons of interest" after their research. Mr Choksi, wanted in Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud case in India, had mysteriously gone missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since 2018 as a citizen. PM Browne was responding to questions of an opposition MP in the Parliament who asked him whether the Scotland Yard or any other investigative body found any evidence that Mr Choksi was taken to Dominica by "involuntary means". "Mr Speaker, I am not aware of evidence but this information is in public domain that Mehul Choksi was abducted. And, I am aware that law enforcement here would have done some research and perhaps may have some individuals of interest but as far as evidence is concerned I am not aware that there is any such conclusive evidence," PM Browne said, according to a clip of Parliamentary proceedings shared by media outlet Antigua News Room.