A fugitive diamond dealer has accused India of orchestrating his kidnapping to extradite him on fraud allegations, the High Court in London heard.
The claim is a the centre of a legal case brought forward by Mehul Choksi, 66, who is wanted in India over his alleged involvement in one of India's biggest bank frauds at Punjab National Bank.
In 2018, the bank announced it had discovered alleged fraud worth $1.8 billion.
The Indian government has since sought to extradite Choksi - who was arrested in Belgium in April – to face the charges alongside his nephew Nirav Modi, who has been in custody in Britain since 2019. The pair deny any wrongdoing.
Choksi is separately suing the Indian government in London, arguing that the state was responsible for his kidnapping in Antigua in 2021, when he says he was abducted and taken to Dominica in an attempt to extradite him to India.
