In country’s current scenario, only Gujarati can be fraudster, says Tejashwi Yadav
Hours after Interpol withdrew the Red Corner Notice (RCN) against fugitive Indian diamantaire Mehul Choksi, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said the situation in the country is such that only a Gujarati can be a fraudster as their fraud would be forgiven.
“In the country’s present scenario, only a Gujarati can be a fraudster as their fraud would be forgiven,” said the RJD leader.
Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party, he said, who would be responsible if someone absconds with the money of LIC or banks.
Mehul Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi are wanted in India for allegedly siphoning Rs 13,500 crore of public money from the state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) using fraudulently acquired letters of undertaking (LoUs).
Diamantaire Mehul Choksi went missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda, where he had been staying as a citizen since 2018 after fleeing India. He was detained in Dominica on charges of illegal entry.
Earlier, a magistrate’s court in Dominica denied Mehul Choksi bail on June 2. He was then declared a “prohibited immigrant” in Dominica, a development likely to strengthen India’s case.
Sources said once the matter of Mehul Choksi’s illegal entry into Dominica concludes, he will have to be deported to the country of which he is a legal citizen.
