Antigua PM: Police is probing Choksi ‘abduction’ complaint
New Delhi, June 7: The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has started investigations into the alleged abduction of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to neighbouring Dominica on a complaint filed by his lawyers, Prime Minister Gaston Browne told a local media outlet.
Mr Browne said that Choksi’s lawyers gave the names of people involved in the alleged abduction to the police commissioner in a complaint, the Antigua News Room reported.
The Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister also said that if the claims are true, then it is a serious matter.
Mr Browne said the police is taking the complaint seriously, the report said.
“Choksi has filed a complaint with the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda to the extant that he was abducted. He made a formal claim through his attorneys that he was abducted from Antigua and taken to Dominica so it is a report that the police is taking seriously and they are currently investigating the abduction,” Mr
Browne said.
Another report in the Associates Times poked holes in the theory of Dominica Opposition leader Lennox Linton, who had reportedly claimed that the absconding diamantaire was brought to Dominica in the Yacht Calliope of Arne around 10 pm on May 23.
The family of Choksi had claimed that he was in Antigua till 5 pm on May 23 which makes it impossible to cover a 120mile distance in four to five hours, which approximately takes about 12-13 hours, the publication said.