MUMBAI: Stating that he has been unable to return due to reasons beyond his control, absconding businessman Mehul Choksi moved a special court on Wednesday, reported.
He has sought files relating to the suspension of his passport and ED probe against him in a bid to prove that he is not a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO). His plea said he neither left India to avoid criminal prosecution nor refused to return.The plea said the truth cannot be uncovered in the absence of the documents.
His plea said he left the country for a medical treatment before registration of an FIR in PNB scam case in 2018 and was unaware of any prosecution being filed against him.
The court directed ED to submit its reply.