Master Stroke: Antigua says Indian agencies gave positive information on Mehul Choksi during citizenship check

Antigua's assertion that India did not give any adverse report to stall granting of citizenship to Mehul Choksi last year evoked sharp reactions from the authorities here with the government today maintaining the police verification report of the bank fraud accused was "clear" at that time.
A CBI official said the agency has sent an extradition request to the government to be forwarded to Antigua to bring him back.
Official sources said the Ministry of External Affairs has received the extradition request from the CBI and is currently in the process of sending it to the authorities in Antigua and Barbuda.
While the Antiguan authority responsible for grant of investment-linked citizenship named the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) as one of the Indian agencies to have given such a clearance in case of Choksi, the Indian capital markets regulator rejected the claim saying it neither received any such request, nor provided any such information to the department concerned in Antigua.
Choksi's application for citizenship in Antigua in May 2017 was accompanied with clearance from the local police as required by norms, Antiguan newspaper the Daily Observer reported, citing a statement from the Citizenship by Investment Unit of Antigua and Barbuda (CIU).