PNB Scam: Mehul Choksi Claims Life Threat, Wants NBW Cancelled
Mumbai: PNB Scam co-accused Mehul Choksi has moved to special CBI court on Friday for the cancellation of the Non bailable warrant against him as he claims life threat if he return to Mumbai.
On May 22 this year, after taking cognisance of the second charge sheet filed in the Rs 12,636-crore PNB fraud case by the CBI, the special court had issued the NBW against Choksi.
Sanjay Abbott, Choksi’s lawyer in an application submitted to court has mentioned that his apprehensions over his safety are based upon what transpired during a recent television debate on the fraud. The debate on national television channel shocked him when he heard the opinion of callers regarding the fraud.
The callers, Choksi claimed in the plea, “suggested that a special team be formed to track Mehul Choksi down and shoot him to death once he was brought back to India”.
Choksi also claimed that the comments made by the callers would encourage the society to do so and also the news anchor did not objected to the comments made by the caller. Instead, the anchor laughed at it and smartly agreed to it, Choksi said in the plea.
“From the above two calls made by the callers and the tacit approval given to the same by the news anchor and the panelists, it is clear that the averments made by the applicant (Choksi) in the application filed before this court regarding a threat to his life and the fear of mob lynching is vindicated,” the application read.
The special court has now directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file its reply to the application by October 3 this year, which is the next date of hearing in the case.
