Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's adventurous escape through the waters from a Caribbean island ended abruptly and dramatically as he was captured. He is involved in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB scam and is wanted in India for charges of fraud. These sharks are always involved in scams and try to run away from law.
Like Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, he has had to escape from india and take shelter in another country through citizenship. These are the culprits of delayed judgements. There are many fraudsters who have embezzled crores of rupees who are under the radar. But such level of banking fraud could not be possible unless helped by officials in cahoots with banks’ support.
The corrupt system is to be blamed for such people who will keep on exploiting it until loopholes are plugged. The countries allowing citizenship via investment route should pay more attention to the individual’s credentials than his bank balance and not be blinded by the criminals’ wealth. The central government should expedite Choksi’s extradition to India before any another act of adventurism by such persons.
