By Tejash Modi, Surat,5 January 2012

After spending two years in Chinese prison, 12 Gujarati diamond merchants are coming back to their motherland tonight at 12.10 am. They will land at Mumbai airport at 12.10 am in Jet Airways flight no 0067. On Thursday, China immigration department had called their relatives to Shenzhen.

Two years back on 8 January, 2010, Custom officials in Shenzhen had arrested 22 Gujarati diamond merchants accusing them of smuggling of diamonds and tax evasion. After they stayed in prison for one year and eleven months, the Shenzhen peoples court delivered verdict on 7 December to free 13 diamond traders. However nine traders are still in prison.

Who are coming back?

Samir Arvindlal Shah
Jigar Prafulchandra Mehta
Nehal Nitin Shah
Jagani Mahendra Smit
Shripal Sureshbhai Parikh
Shrenik Sureshbhai Parikh
Vishal Shailesh Mehta
Pratik Nemchand Parikh
Pritesh Mansukhlal Doshi
Ankit Prakashchandra Shah
Parth Dineshbhai Shah
Viral Shah

Who will remain in jail?

Mitul kumar Mafatlal Chhunchha(3 years jail)
Nishith Girishbhai Shah(3 years jail)
Rajukumar Babubhai Bavishi(5 years jail)
Vipul Patel(3 years jail)
Rajeshkumar Jain(6 years jail)
Amitkumar Arun Soni(5 years jail)
Dharamvir Patel(3 years jail)
Dhaval Vikulkumar Patel(3 years jail)
Rishit Maheshkumar Shah(3 years jail)

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