The Belgian Court of Cassation, the country’s highest court, on Tuesday rejected fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi’s appeal against his arrest in Antwerp based on an extradition request by India, the Hindustan Times reported.

The top court’s decision means that the ruling by the Belgian Court of Appeal stands, Advocate General Henri Vanderlinden told the newspaper.

Choksi, who is wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in India, was taken into custody by Belgian authorities in April on the basis of an extradition request from New Delhi.

Choksi is one of the prime accused, along with his nephew Nirav Modi , in the PNB fraud case.

On October 17 , the Antwerp Court of Appeals ruled that Choksi’s arguments against extradition to India

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