‘Economic offenders Bill a face-saving exercise’ alleges Indian National Congress

‘Economic offenders Bill a face-saving exercise’ alleges Indian National Congress

New Delhi, July 25: A day after fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi was reportedly located in the small Carribean island-nation Antigua, the Congress on Wednesday targeted the government saying the government was “hurriedly” bringing the Economic Offender Fugitive Bill in Parliament as a “face-saving exercise.” “Three months after PM Modi meets Antigua’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Mehul Choksi gets Antigua’s passport,” said Congress leader Rajeev Gowda at a press conference.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met Browne in London in April this year on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). “Nirav Modi (another fugitive jeweller in the PNB fraud) i.e. Chhota Modi is globetrotting and Prime Minister Modi’s ‘our Mehul Bhai’ i.e Choksi gets an Antigua passport after Nirav visited China, Belgium, UK, US, UAE and Hong Kong,” the Rajya Sabha MP said. “Investigation agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate (ED) have failed to get a ‘red corner notice (RCN)’ issued against him (Choksi) till today,” Gowda alleged. (IANS)

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