This is the third such order in a span of about two weeks, with the total value of properties owned by Nirav Modi's companies being restored in this manner now standing at approximately Rs 1,000 crore.
Roosevelt Skerrit has termed "total nonsense" the claims that his government was involved in alleged abduction of diamantaire Mehul Choksi.
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi as an "Indian citizen" and stated that the courts will decide what happens to the fugitive.
According to reports, India authorities argued in the court that Choksi remains an Indian citizen and that his plea doesn't hold ground while pressing for his early deportation.
"The woman shown on media channels is not the same woman that they knew as Barbara. Woman was known to my husband, she would visit whenever came to Antigua," Priti said.
Reports in Antiguan media and Choksi's lawyers said that he was arrested from Dominica when he was visiting his girlfriend Babara Jarabica. The woman is a property investment consultant and has studied at the London School of Economics, reports said.
A court in Dominica has "restrained" authorities from removing fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi from the Caribbean island country till further orders, local media reported.
Choksi, the co-accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, is in the custofy of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Dominica, reports said.
After businessman and fugitive Mehul Choksi went missing from Antigua and Barbuda, the Central Buraeu of Investigation (CBI) here has spurred into action.
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is understood to have gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda with the police launching a manhunt to trace him since Sunday, local media outlets reported.
Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's sister and her husband have turned approver in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.
A London court on Monday rejected the bail application filed by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, the seventh such rejection by courts of the United Kingdom, officials said.
The senior IAS official had issued the demolition orders after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) handed over the property situated in Raigad district, over 90 km from Mumbai.
Extraditing diamantaire Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who are accused in Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, is learnt to be the prime agenda of the central probe agency.
Accusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of deliberately not disclosing his health condition, Choksi said he is ready to settle the case.
The court was hearing the Enforcement Directorate's application to declare Choksi as a 'fugitive economic offender", reported news agency ANI.
Nirav Modi and Choksi defrauded the Brady House branch of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in Mumbai to the tune of over Rs 13,000 crore) in alleged connivance with officials.
Apart from Modi, summons have been issued to his associates- Mihir Bhansali, Rakhi Bhansali, Ajay Gandhi and Kunal Patel.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had approached Interpol last month seeking issuance of RCN against Nirav Modi.
Belgian Ambassador to India Jan Luykx said there is an existing extradition treaty between the two countries.
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