Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 10: In a major breakthrough for Indian agencies, the Belgium Supreme Court has dismissed fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi’s plea against his extradition to India in connection with the Rs 13,850-crore Punjab National Bank scam, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) confirmed on Tuesday.

Choksi had moved Belgium’s top court on October 30, challenging the October 17 order of the Antwerp Court of Appeals which had deemed India’s extradition request “enforceable.” With the latest ruling, that decision now stands affirmed.

The Antwerp court earlier held that Choksi faced no threat of unfair trial or ill-treatment in India and found no error in the arrest warrants issued by a Mumbai special court in 2018 and 2021.

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