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India to Belgium: Medical care & personal space for Choksi in jail, if extradited
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
|September 09, 2025
INDIA has furnished a formal letter of assurance to the Ministry of Justice, Kingdom of Belgium, and the competent Belgian judicial authorities detailing the conditions under which fugitive Indian diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, wanted in the Bank Fraud case here, would be detained, if he is extradited from that country.
In a letter, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has assured the Belgian authority after consulting the Maharashtra Government and prison authorities there. In the letter, the MHA has set out specific material, medical and procedural safeguards intended to address human rights concerns raised during the extradition proceedings in Belgium, where Choksi is under detention.
This story is from the September 09, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kalaburagi.
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