Absconding dimantaire Choksi's company Gitanjali Gems tops the list of these defaulters with a whopping amount of Rs 5,492 crore, according to the list.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said that Indian officials are free to investigate Mehul Choksi.

A special court had, on January 31, dismissed Choksi's plea seeking examination of witnesses on the basis which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wanted to declare him a fugitive economic offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018.

Once Mehul Choksi has exhausted all his legal options, he will be extradited to India, said Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying all day and said he is the 'chowkidar' of the corrupt and fugitives like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya.

Nirav Modi had fled India after allegedly siphoning off about Rs 13,0000 crore from Punjab National Bank using Letters of Undertaking in collusion with his uncle Mehul Choksi.

Mehul Choksi, his nephew Nirav Modi, several of their family members, employees and retired or serving top PNB executives and officials are accused in the PNB scam.

It is to be noted that Choksi had been living in Antigua for over a year now.

Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, in connivance with certain bank officials, allegedly cheated PNB of about Rs 14,000 crore through issuance of fraudulent letters of undertaking.

Choksi is accused of cheating state-run Punjab National Bank to the tune of Rs 13,000 crore in alleged collusion with his nephew Nirav Modi.