Before Court Hears Mehul Choksi's Bail Plea, Prosecution Files Order Declaring Him Prohibited Immigrant

Mehul Choksi's lawyer Vijay Aggarwal told NDTV that both notices support their stand that he was abducted.

A day before the Dominican High Court hears the bail plea of Indian fugitive Mehul Choksi, the prosecution has submitted in the court a Dominican government order that declares him a "prohibited immigrant". "Mehul Choksi was declared a prohibited immigrant on May 25," states a notice issued by the Ministry of National Security and Home Affairs of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The ministry also directed the police to "remove him from the Commonwealth of Dominica". The order, signed by the Dominican minister for National Security and Home Affairs Rayburn Blackmoore, was sent to the police chief on May 25. The prosecution agency today filed this order in court, along with another notice Mr Blackmoore sent to Mr Choksi individually. In the notice sent to Mr Choksi, the ministry has informed him that he is "not permitted to enter Dominica" and that police have been directed "to take all the necessary actions to have you repatriated".