New Delhi, April 14 -- Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev said the UK government's decision to arrest Mehul Choksi, albeit provisionally, was welcome.

Sachdev, while talking to ANI, said that the arrest is a diplomatic win more so because a year back, the government had struck Choksi's name off its Red Corner Notice Alert.

"Certainly there is a very welcome development that Mehul Choksi has been arrested provisionally by the Belgian authorities on India's request. It is a diplomatic victory. It is a victory for us and the legal team that has been working on this along with a foreign office, etc.

Sachdev said that Choksi alleged that Indian authorities tried to kidnap him in Goa and appealed to Interpol.

"More so because one year ...