India, May 17 -- Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi will remain in a prison in Antwerp for another month as a court there, after hearing arguments on extradition proceedings from the Indian government and his legal team, adjourned the matter for June 13, people familiar with the development said.

Choksi, officials quoted above said, didn't press for bail at the hearing on Friday.

Accused in the Punjab National Bank fraud and five similar cases, Choksi was arrested on April 11 by the Antwerp police based on an extradition request sent by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last year. He has been lodged in a prison there since then. While rejecting his plea for bail on April 22, a court of appeal in Antwerp said the fears about h...