Audio Bulletin: They made me a scapegoat to save PNB, alleges Mehul Choksi

He refused to admit that he fled India when the CBI was about to file a case against him. "I was in USA when the news of raids came. I was undergoing medical treatment; the raids were unprecedented."

"The government also tried to save the bank at the cost of one of the leading companies (Gitanjali Group) in India. Just because it became a political matter, I basically became the soft target in the whole process."