Choksi to stay in jail, Belgium court rejects bail request again

In another setback to fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, a court of appeal in Belgium has again rejected his bail plea, further extending his prison stay there, people familiar with the development said on Friday.

- Neeraj Chauhan

An officer who didn't want to be named said Choksi had applied for bail again on August 22, offering to be put under surveillance while staying at home, which was heard by the Court of Appeal in Brussels on August 26.

“The court of appeal has dismissed Choks’’s bail plea ensuring that he remains in the prison in Antwerp,” said the officer.

Earlier, Choksi had approached the Court of Cassation in Belgium ~ equivalent to the Supreme Court of India in July-which also refused to give him any relief.