No Legal Barrier To Extradition To India: Big Belgium Setback For Mehul Choksi
The extradition of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi to India has no legal barrier and the charges against him are "serious enough to justify it", a court in Belgium said in its order accessed by NDTV.
According to the court's order, Choksi is not a Belgian citizen but a foreign national.
"The offences cited by India - including fraud, forgery, document falsification, and corruption - are also considered crimes under Belgian law. The cases registered in India fall under sections 120B, 201, 409, 420, and 477A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), as well as sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, all of which carry imprisonment of more than one year," it said.
