The government is aware that businessman Mehul Choksi – wanted in connection with the Rs 13,850 crore Punjab National Bank scam – was arrested in Belgium over the weekend, and is working towards a quick extradition, sources told NDTV Monday afternoon.

A request to deport Mr Choksi to India has been made, sources said, stressing the government will use every legal tool available to bring him back.

Should Mr Choksi – an international fugitive for over seven years now, since he fled to the US in January 2018 – be brought back to India, his will be the second high-profile extradition this year, after terrorist Tahawwur Rana, a 26/11 Mumbai attack accused, was sent from the US.

Asaad al-Nassasra has been missing since Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in south Gaza three weeks ago. 

​Asaad al-Nassasra has been missing since Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in south Gaza three weeks ago.  

France said the move was in response to the indictment of three Algerians in Paris on Friday. 

​France said the move was in response to the indictment of three Algerians in Paris on Friday.