Why is India going soft on Mehul Choksi?

Gitanjali Group chairman and managing director and Punjab National Bank Rs 13,600-crore scam co-accused Mehul Choksi has broken his silence over the status of his Antiguan citizenship claiming he became a citizen of the Caribbean nation to expand his business and said that allegations of the Indian government are false.

According to a statement issued by his attorney David Dorsett on his behalf, Choksi said that he applied for the citizenship because the Antiguan passport provides visa-free travel to 132 countries, the Daily Observer reported.