Mehul Choksi's final destination was Cuba, claims rumoured girlfriend Barbara Jabarica

Mehul Choksi, wanted in a major banking fraud in India, claimed earlier this week that his "friend" Barbara Jabarica was instrumental in his abduction from Antigua and filed a police complaint in the same line.

New Delhi: Mehul Choksi, fugitive diamantaire, had a plan to escape Cuba via Dominica, his friend Barbara Jabarica said on Wednesday. In an exclusive interview to ANI, Barbara revealed that Choksi has asked her to meet him in Cuba next time. 

Choksi, wanted in a major banking fraud in India, claimed earlier this week that his "friend" Barbara Jabarica was instrumental in his abduction from Antigua and filed a police complaint in the same line.

Meanwhile, she revealed that Choksi had introduced himself to her with a fake name when she met him while staying at a rented accommodation near his residence.

"I have known him (Mehul Choksi) since last August and only met with him in Jolly Harbour when I rented an Airbnb accommodation near where he happened to live. He introduced himself as Raj. Between August to April, he was always texting me but I used to reply to him once a month," she said. "Then closer to date, like April-May this year, we had weekly conversations. We conversed about opportunities to do business together. When I was on the island at that time, we used to have daily conversations," she added.

Barbara Jabarica, with whom Mehul Choksi accepted to share friendly times, said that he gave her many signals, hinting that his final destination is Cuba. 

"Well, he never used words like escape or shared with me such a plan like this. However, he did ask me twice if I have ever been to Cuba, he also told me that next time we may meet in Cuba. He never explained the escape plan but I'm certain that Dominica is not ideal of his final destination but if you ask my opinion, I can be more and more certain that Cuba could have been his final destination," told Barbara Jabarica to ANI.

She told ANI, " He (Mehul Choksi) hinted me messages like a yacht and if he goes to other islands in the Caribbean, Cuba so there is something that he must be planning for a later stage, that's one of my opinions also that he told me that he is doing a lot of meditation and like last month someone visiting from New York and they have their own guru and they did meditation and he also told me this on Sunday during breakfast meeting that he is practicing to not to have any feeling of fear and then on that day you have this kidnap situation, story start to holding together."

While there has already been report of Mehul Choksi's plan to escape to Cuba, his family have accused Barbara Jabarica of plotting his abduction.

Reacting to this Barbara Jabarica said, "This week onwards I'm trying to catch up with media and all the news, I'm hearing and reading a lot of crap and interesting insane stories, by looking back what they initially said what lawyer and wife said at the beginning I believe he said he was driving down in Jolly harbour. He was on the way to dinner. I think that was the first statement and they blamed the Antigua police. A bit later they started with Indian agents, who wanted to kidnap him, and again later, the idea was he came to my apartment, that I lured him, I forced him then he was honey-trapped by a person or police he knows."

"I think, so far they are changing the stories. Of course, I'm very shocked and speechless. I'm trying to understand why they want to bring me into this story. Why they use my name? What is really the idea from the beginning or was it a backup plan - option B, that something didn't work out. They think this story can be used since she was in the area?" she added.

She also refused reports claiming Mehul Choksi was her Sugar daddy and said that she is not his girlfriend.