There is no risk that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi will not get a fair trial in India after his extradition, a Belgian court has ruled, underlining that he has failed to demonstrate any “serious risk” of being subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment.
A four-member indictment chamber at the Court of Appeals in Antwerp has found no infirmity in the orders issued by the pre-trial chamber of the Antwerp district court on November 29, 2024, allowing Choksi’s extradition.
The district court had termed the arrest warrants issued by a Mumbai special court on May 23, 2018 and June 15, 2021 “enforceable”, which has been upheld by the Court of Appeals in its order dated October 17. The third warrant, related to disappearance of evidence, was not accepted by the Belgian court.
The Court of Appeals has held that the documents Choksi submitted do not substantiate his claims that he is the subject of a political trial.
It said that it is up to the subject to provide evidence …
