Dominica Court Adjourns Mehul Choksi's Illegal Entry Case Hearing Till June 25

On Monday, the Dominican court was to start hearing the case of Mehul Choksi's "illegal entry" into the country on May 23 but he was a "no show", a media website reported.

A Dominica Magistrate Court has adjourned till June 25 the hearing into alleged illegal entry of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi into the Caribbean island nation, local media reported. On Monday, the Magistrate Court was to start hearing the case of Choksi's "illegal entry" into the country on May 23 but he was a "no show", a media website Natureislenews reported. His legal team submitted a medical certificate from the doctors of Dominica China Friendship Hospital, where Choksi is being held, of "mental stress" and elevated blood pressure. Chief Magistrate Carette-George adjourned the matter to June 25 and ordered to keep Choksi, wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam case, under police watch at the hospital.