Mehul Choksi's Wife Says Woman Who Traveled To Dominica Known To Him, Aides

Her comment comes amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the fugitive diamantaire and demands for his extradition to India.

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choki's wife Priti Choksi today said that the woman, rumored to be Mehul Choksi's girlfriend, is known to her husband and his other acquaintances. Her comment comes amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the fugitive diamantaire and demands for his extradition to India. "The woman was known to my husband and to his other acquaintances. She walked with my husband periodically when she was visiting Antigua. From what I have understood from people who have met her, the woman shown on media channels is not the same woman that they knew as Barbara," said Priti Choksi. Her remarks come after Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne last week had said Mehul Choksi may have taken his girlfriend on a romantic trip to Dominica, where he was caught. On the reports that the fugitive diamantaire was tortured in Dominica, Priti Choksi said, "What has brought most anguish to the family is the physical torture and total disregard for the human rights of my husband. If someone really wanted him back alive, why did they need to torture and abuse him physically and mentally? My husband has many health issues."