India, May 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has not brought on record material documents in the proceedings required to get diamond merchant Mehul Choksi declared as a fugitive economic offender (FEO), the lawyer of the diamantaire has argued in a special Mumbai court.

ED had in July 10, 2018 approached the special court to declare Choksi, who is currently residing in a Caribbean country, to declare him a fugitive under the FEO Act, which would enable it to confiscate his properties. Choksi, who fled India in 2018, is accused in the Rs.12, 500 crore Punjab National Bank scam.

In December 2019, a Mumbai court declared the scam's co-accused and Choksi's relative, diamond merchant Nirav Modi, as a FEO on a similar plea by ED, which h...