Dominica court: When fit, Mehul Choksi must return for trial

New Delhi, July 13

Diamantaire Mehul Choksi will “only” return to Dominica to face trial for illegal entry into that country when a doctor “certifies” he is fit to stand trial, the media there reported citing conditions laid down by the Dominica High Court while granting him bail.

In a major setback to Indian efforts to bring him from the Caribbean country, Dominica High Court Judge Bernie Stephenson allowed the businessman to return to Antigua and Barbuda, where he has been living as a citizen since 2018 after leaving India, to seek medical advice from neurologist Hayden Osborne at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre, Dominica News Online reported. — PTI