NEW DELHI: The CBI announced on Monday that it has filed a new case against fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi and his company Gitanjali Gems for allegedly cheating the Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) of Rs 22 crore between 2014 and 2018.

Choksi, who is wanted in India by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, vanished from Dominica on May 23, 2016, sparking a worldwide manhunt.

On May 26, he was apprehended in Dominica. Choksi's deportation was halted when a Dominican court heard a habeas corpus petition filed by his lawyers. Choksi has been in Antigua and Barbuda since January 4, 2018, just days before the CBI filed a bank fraud case against him and his nephew, absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi, and others.

His extradition is being sought by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, who have filed different charge sheets in the case. The CBI deported Subhash Shankar, a close aide of Nirav Modi, from Cairo to Mumbai on April 11 in connection with the PNB fraud investigation.
Shankar worked for Nirav Modi's company as DGM Finance. He was served with a red corner notice.

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