New Delhi/IBNS, Sept. 8 -- India has assured Belgium that fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi won't be given solitary confinement if extradited, media reports said.

India said the diamond merchant, if extradited, will be kept in humane conditions already designated.

The Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam accused will be kept at Barrack No. 12 of Arthur Road Jail Complex in Mumbai, the details India shared with Belgium authorities says.

As per the details, Choksi will be given three sq.metres of personal space excluding furniture, adequate food and clean drinking water, more than an hour for exercise and recreation daily.

Earlier this year, Choksi was arrested by the Belgium authorities in Antwerp.

Indian authorities had earlier reached ou...