Is Mehul Choksi A Free Man Now? Here’s What Interpol’s Red Notice Withdrawal Means

The name of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been removed from the Interpol database of Red Notices on the basis of his plea to the Lyon-headquartered agency, reports said on Monday. Four years after adding Choksi's name to its Red List, Interpol’s decision came as a huge setback for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Indian government.

Is Choksi a free man now? What does a Red Notice mean? What are the charges against Choksi? Here's an explainer:

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