JUDGE IN MEHUL CHOKSI'S SUIT AGAINST INDIA, ALLEGING HE WAS KIDNAPPED, SAYS THERE'S NO EVIDENCE, AS COURT DEMANDS £600,000 SECURITY FOR COSTS, IN A CASE WITH LITTLE FUTURE OF PREVAILING

While we await the actual extradition of the two billion dollar accused fraudster, MEHUL CHOKSI, from Belgium to his native India, to finally face justice, there's an interesting development in Choksi's British civil suit against India, which claims that the country's agents kidnapped him from Antigua. The presiding judge, in a detailed fifteen page opinion, handed down on February 6, stated that there had been, to date, a complete lack of evidence in support of. Choksi's case.

The matter came up in the context of a dispute over whether Choksi should be required to pay £600,000 as a deposit for costs, as a foreign plaintiff with no ties or assets in the United Kingdom. The Court noted that, except for Choksi's own statements, there had been no evidence produced to date in support of his allegations that he has indeed been kidnapped by a team of agents, acting on behalf of India's intelligence service. The Court in Belgium reached the same conclusion, while debating his extradition recently.

Readers may recall that, in my lengthy Investigative Report on the subject, I introduced evidence of Choksi's failed attempt to flee to the Republic of Cuba, to avoid possible extradition to India by Antigua. I filed that report with the UK court, and sent copies to all counsel. I note that the Court stated that my conclusions were not as the result of first-hand knowledge, and therefore were not considered in its conclusion, but I have my doubts

It appears that Choksi's efforts to gain an advantage in his pending Belgium extradition proceeding, and to get India to back down through a major lawsuit has a very small chance of success, after the Court openly doubted the sufficiency of the evidence.