NEW DELHI: Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday sought Congress’s response to the statement of Mehul Choksi ’s foreign attorney alluding to the fugitive jeweller’s links with Congress.

“The statement of Mehul Choksi’s foreign attorney David Dorsett to media has undoubtedly confirmed close relationship between Choksi and Congress leadership,” Prasad said and quoted Dorsett as saying, “Choksi was an ordinary businessman and did have some loose alliance with what is now the opposition party in India, Congress party.”

“He (Choksi’s lawyer) has confirmed in a TV interview that Choksi had some alliance with Congress and there is enough circumstantial evidence to confirm that. Congress owes a reply,” Prasad told reporters.

Meanwhile, the CBI said Antiguan authorities had written to it confirming Choksi’s presence in the Caribbean country. The agency will send an extradition request to Antigua and Barbuda through the foreign ministry, without waiting for Interpol to issue a red corner notice, sources said.

