Mehul Choksi fails to get relief from Belgium court

On Tuesday, the Belgian Court of Cassation rejected Choksi’s appeal against his extradition, effectively upholding last month’s decision of the Antwerp Court of Appeals that approved India’s request for his return.

Choksi had challenged the Antwerp ruling before Belgium’s highest court on October 30. He has been lodged in a prison in Antwerp since his arrest in April on the basis of an extradition request sent by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Confirming the development, Henri Vanderlinden, advocate general at Brussels, told Hindustan Times by email on Tuesday: “The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal (of Choksi). So, the decision of the Court of Appeal stands.”