Mehul Choksi to remain in custody of Dominican authorities: MEA

During a press conference, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “No update on Mehul Choksi this week, he remains in Dominican authorities' custody. For Nirav Modi, UK Secy State on April 15 ordered his extradition to India, he's seeking to appeal against it but continues to stay in custody. We'll make sure they're extradited at earliest. The issue of extradition of economic offenders was discussed in the India-UK summit on May 4. UK conveyed that there are some legal hurdles because of nature of criminal justice system in the country but they are aware of the issue and will help them extradite at the earliest,” said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.