TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs. 13,000 crore bank fraud, has spoken on camera for the first time from Antigua. This is what Mehul Choksi said:
>>”The passport authorities revoked my passport altogether in view of which I was immobilized. On February 16, I received an email from the passport office which said that my passport has been suspended due to reasons of security threat to India.
>>On February 20, I sent an email to the regional passport office, Mumbai, requesting them to revoke the suspension of my passport. However, I did not receive any reply from the regional passport office,” he said. Choksi further alleged that he was not given a reason for the cancellation of his passport.
>>”The regional passport office did not give an explanation as to why my passport has been suspended and how I was a security threat to India. Hence, as my passport was suspended, there was no question of surrendering the same,” stated Choksi. His statement comes at a time when the Indian government is trying to extradite Choksi to India under the diplomatic provisions.
