Overview

• Choksi alleges that in May 2021 he was abducted from Antigua and taken to Dominica, where he was beaten, tasered and blindfolded to coerce a confession implicating India’s political opposition.
• The Indian government has applied for sovereign immunity in London courts, denying any role in the alleged abduction and claiming the case falls outside UK jurisdiction.
• Choksi remains in Belgian custody after his April arrest under India’s extradition request and is mounting a human rights challenge against his transfer to India.
• He has sued the Indian government and five individuals in London, accusing them of plotting the abduction to undermine his extradition battle.
• The dispute is tied to India’s investigation of a $1.8 billion fraud at Punjab National Bank in which Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi face charges.