Overview

• In a September 4 letter, India’s Home Ministry designated Arthur Road Jail’s Barrack No. 12 in Mumbai for Mehul Choksi, promising at least three square metres of personal space, basic bedding and no solitary confinement.
• The assurance outlines 24x7 medical care, attached sanitation, clean drinking water, three daily meals, more than an hour of daily exercise and monitored cells with CCTV in a segregated unit for non‑violent offenders.
• Officials say the barrack has a six‑person maximum capacity with identified cells currently unoccupied, and it offers indoor recreation, library access and the option of a bed on medical grounds.
• Legal safeguards include daily access to lawyers (except Sundays and public holidays), weekly family visits and telephone or video‑conferencing, with oversight by prison authorities and human rights commissions; India characterizes the pledge as a sovereign commitment not subject to administrative or judicial override.
• Choksi remains in custody in Antwerp after a court rejected his bail as a flight risk, with the Chambers of Indictment expected to hear the extradition case in the second week of September as his lawyers cite health and political‑motivations claims to oppose surrender.