“WANT THEM TAKEN BACK TO INDIA”: UK PM ON NIRAV MODI, VIJAY MALLYA

Fri 22 April 2022:

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said that his government has ordered the extradition of economic fugitives wanted by India but there are legal technicalities that made the task “very difficult”.

Answering a query related to the extradition of Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya at a press conference, Mr Johnson said the UK government wants them to be taken back to India for trial and it does not welcome people who want to use the British legal system to evade the law here in India.

“On the two individuals that you mentioned, the extradition case, there are legal technicalities that made it very difficult. But what I can tell you is that the UK government has ordered their extradition,” Boris Johnson said.

“We have said from our point of view we want them to be taken back to India for trial, perhaps I should just say, we welcome people, who have talent and brilliance coming from India coming to the UK, we don’t welcome people who want to use our legal system to evade the law here in India,” he added.

Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Mehul Choksi defrauded public sector banks by siphoning off the funds through their companies which resulted in a total loss of ₹ 22,585.83 crore to the public sector banks, as of March 15, 2022, the government had informed the parliament last month.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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