Background of the Mehul Choksi Case

• Mehul Choksi is a fugitive economic offender in India, implicated in the alleged ₹20,000 crore fraud at Punjab National Bank.
• Along with his nephew, Nirav Modi, Choksi is a key suspect in the bank fraud case.
• Both Choksi and Modi fled the country covertly about a month before the CBI filed a case in January 2018.
• Choksi has renounced his Indian citizenship and currently holds citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda, an island country in the Caribbean.
• Nirav Modi is currently detained in a jail in London.

Recent Developments

• The CBI has requested the CCF to reinstate the Red Notice against Mehul Choksi.
• The previous notice was expunged, and his name was erased from the database following his alleged abduction.
• The CCF is an autonomous body within Interpol , independent of the Interpol Secretariat's control.
• The CCF is composed of lawyers elected from various countries.

The Importance of the CBI’s Request

• The agency is making significant efforts to reinstate the red corner notice against the offender to apprehend him and ensure justice is served.
• It has brought attention to the procedural oversights of the CCF.
• It plans to utilise all available remedial and appellate options within Interpol to rectify this flawed decision.

Interpol Notice against Choksi:-