New Delhi: Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal was reportedly arrested in London and is in custody of police. The arrest took place after police searched his rented premises, following a complaint that he had violated the terms of his visa. Reports say a large amount of cash was recovered and that police are investigating the source.“The lawyer was allegedly working in the United Kingdom without the required work permit and may have violated other immigration regulations,” reported WIC News on Monday.Choksi and his nephew, Nirav Modi, are accused by Indian authorities of involvement in the Punjab National Bank fraud case involving allegedly Rs 13,000 crore ($1.8 bn). Both have denied the allegations. Aggarwal is the defence lawyer for both in the case.Three to four junior lawyers were said to be present at the property when the inspection occurred in London. Aggarwal, as per court records, represents Choksi in legal proceedings in India and abroad.The search is said to have been launched after a complaint filed in May this year by the owner of the Mayfair property Choksi has been occupying in London.UK authorities and London police are yet to confirm these developments.Choksi, who has changed locations several times since he fled India, was detained in Belgium in April 2025 based on extradition requests by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate regarding the fraud investigation, which involves his firm Gitanjali Gems. Here, too, it is Aggarwal who represented Choksi.Gitanjali Gems was declared a wilful defaulter by the Reserve Bank of India in 2024.Choksi filed a civil suit claiming he was abducted from Antigua and Barbuda and taken to Dominica forcibly in a boat on May 23, 2021, allegedly by officials of Indian spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing. This led to the Red Corner notice against him being cancelled, leaving Choksi free to travel.The Antigua authorities had informed India of Choksi taking up a passport in the country in 2018. The later episode of alleged abduction had brought Aggarwal, already his lawyer, more strongly into focus. It is he who made the allegations public at the time of Choksi ‘disappearing’ in Antigua and showing up in Dominica.A special court for hearing cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in Mumbai remarked in 2024 that people wanted in economic offence cases such as Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and Mehul Choksi were able to flee India because of the failure of investigating agencies to arrest them in proper time.