Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s extradition has been suspended after he challenged before the Supreme Court of Belgium the October 17 order of the Antwerp Court of Appeals, which had termed India’s request seeking his extradition “enforceable”, officials said Monday.
“This appeal is strictly limited to legal merits and will be judged by the Court of Cassation. During this procedure, the execution of the extradition is suspended,” Ken Witpas, the public prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Antwerp, told PTI.
Witpas said Choksi filed an appeal in the Court of Cassation on October 30.
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