The Indian lawyer defending fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi has been arrested in London for sexual assault
- Mehul Choksi is an Indian jeweller who stole Rs 13,500 crore from a bank and fled India in 2018 — he is now in a Belgian jail.
- His Indian lawyer Vijay Aggarwal was arrested in London on August 11 and charged with assaulting two women on four occasions.
- Aggarwal's assistant was also charged with helping him — both were sent to jail by a London court until September 10.
- Choksi's extradition case in Belgium continues as normal — his lawyer's arrest in London does not affect the proceedings.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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