Mehul Choksi’s bail plea to be heard tomorrow

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 9

The Dominica High Court has adjourned the bail hearing of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi till June 11, local media reports stated. Choksi had approached the high court after the magistrate rejected his bail petition.

Dominica News Online has reported that the hearing on Choksi’s bail plea took place before high court judge Wynante Adrien-Roberts through video-conferencing, where local legal team comprising Julien Prevost, Wayne Norde, Wayne Marsh and Cara Shillingford-Marsh represented the Indian businessman.

The government’s side was represented by Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Sherma Dalrymple, who “strongly objected” to Choksi’s plea calling him “a flight risk”, the media outlet said.