Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his government has given a clean chit to fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi and enabled him to obtain Antiguan citizenship.
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“In today’s big news: India gave Mehul “Bhai” Choksi, Mr 56s ‘suit-boot’ BFF, a clean chit in Nov 2017, enabling him to obtain Antiguan citizenship. This “Bhai” looted PNB of 13,000 Cr., before scooting from India,” said Gandhi on Twitter.
“Here’s a little video of Mr 56 with Mehul “Bhai” (quiet smiley),” he added attaching a video where Modi is seen praising Choksi.
In today’s big news: India gave Mehul “Bhai” Chowksi, Mr 56’s “suit-boot” BFF, a clean chit in Nov 2017, enabling him to obtain Antiguan citizenship. This “Bhai” looted PNB of 13,000 Cr., before scooting from India.
Here’s a little video of Mr 56 with Mehul “Bhai” 🤫 pic.twitter.com/tt8K5XzBH4
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 3, 2018
The extradition request for fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, who has secured an Antiguan passport and is living there, will soon be sent to the Caribbean country, the CBI said on Friday.
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The CBI is probing into the alleged fraud of Rs 13,500 crore by him and his nephew Nirav Modi. The letter to get Choksi deported has been sent to the External Affairs Ministry. The CBI sent on Monday the letter to the Union Home Ministry which in turn forwarded it to the External Affairs Ministry, an official said.