Mehul Choksi, the alleged mastermind of the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, however, has alleged through his lawyers that he was abducted on May 23 of this year. He claims that people with 'links to India' abducted him in collaboration with Antiguan officials.

He was then beaten up, tortured and taken to Dominica in a vessel where he was arrested, claim Mehul Choksi's lawyers.

Mehul Choksi's lawyer Vijay Aggarwal said on Sunday, "All these theories of Mehul Choksi fleeing from Antigua voluntarily are opposed to common sense. Firstly, he has a stay in his favour in Antigua and secondly, I have been informed that his passport is in Antigua only. Nobody will try to escape without having his passport in his pocket."