Vijay Mallya is not being extradited any time soon
LONDON: There was feverish speculation within the Indian media on Wednesday night that fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, who lives the high life in Britain despite owing a consortium of Indian banks £1.05 billion (Rs 9,961 crore), was to be put on a plane and flown back to Mumbai any minute, with one TV channel claiming he was on board a plane on Wednesday night.
The media reports said he would be accompanied by the CBI and ED, produced in court and lodged in Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, as the extradition legal issues were complete.
But Mallya’s personal assistant told TOI she was unaware of any developments relating to his extradition. “I am not aware of him going back tonight,” she said late Wednesday.
