{"id":281391,"date":"2025-04-14T07:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/fugitive-indian-businessman-mehul-choksi-arrested-in-belgium-on-indias-extradition-request\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T07:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:02:19","slug":"fugitive-indian-businessman-mehul-choksi-arrested-in-belgium-on-indias-extradition-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/fugitive-indian-businessman-mehul-choksi-arrested-in-belgium-on-indias-extradition-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive Indian Businessman Mehul Choksi arrested in Belgium on India&#8217;s extradition request"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120272028,width-1070,height-580,overlay-economictimes\/videoshow.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fugitive Indian Businessman Mehul Choksi arrested in Belgium on India&#8217;s extradition request\" title=\"Fugitive Indian Businessman Mehul Choksi arrested in Belgium on India&#8217;s extradition request\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In a dramatic turn of events, fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was arrested by Belgian authorities on April 12, following a request from India\u2019s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Choksi, wanted for defrauding Punjab National Bank (PNB) of Rs 13,850 crore, has been evading capture since 2018. Despite his arrest, Choksi plans to fight his extradition, citing health concerns. His legal team is preparing for a high-stakes battle, while his assets worth over Rs 2500 crore are being seized.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"read_more\"> Show more<\/span><span class=\"read_less hidden\"> Show less<\/span><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/fugitive-indian-businessman-mehul-choksi-arrested-in-belgium-on-indias-extradition-request\/videoshow\/120272028.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic turn of events, fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was arrested by Belgian authorities on April 12, following a request from India\u2019s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Choksi, wanted for defrauding Punjab National Bank (PNB) of Rs 13,850 crore, has been evading capture since 2018. Despite his arrest, Choksi plans to fight his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/thumb\/msid-120272028,width-1070,height-580,overlay-economictimes\/videoshow.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[3873,27316,29112,56104,217985,14856,17322,217983,217986,1025,925,56103,217793,217887,217984,15415],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281393,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281391\/revisions\/281393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}