New Delhi, March 22 -- One of the key accused in the PNB fraud case, Mehul Choksi, on Friday moved a fresh application in a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mumbai seeking cancellation of a non-bailable warrant against him.
His application came three days after his nephew Nirav Modi, another key accused in the Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank loan default case, was arrested in London.
In his application, Choksi, who had fled India in January 2018 months before the scam surfaced, has cited ailment and risk to his life. Choksi's lawyer Sanjay Abbot in the application said the jeweller has a long history of heart ailments and a blood clot in the brain.
He also mentioned in the application about Choksi's apprehe...