No stone left unturned in getting Vijay Mallya extradited from UK: MEA
MEA added India had sent request to Malaysia to extradite Naik and it
was waiting for a response
Current Affairs News: The government has left no stone unturned in convincing a UK court
that fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya must be extradited to India, External
Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Friday.
"Extradition hearings have been going on. I understand that
the closing submissions in the case have already been made. We now wait for the
verdict. I can only assure you that we have left no stone unturned in our
efforts to convince the courts that the extradition of Vijay Mallya to India
should take place," Kumar told reporters in response to a question.
In February 2017, India made a formal request to the UK for the
extradition of Mallya, who faces charges of financial misconduct amounting to
nearly Rs 90 billion in debt owed to Indian banks by his defunct Kingfisher
Airlines.
When asked about the location of fugitive businessmen Nirav
Modi and Mehul Choksi, who allegedly duped Punjab National Bank
to the tune of thousands of crores of rupees, he said the MEA will
not be able to provide their location details as it comes into picture only
when the agencies concerned inform it about their whereabouts.
Responding to a question on whether the issue of the extradition
of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from Malaysia came up for discussion during
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir
Mohamad, Kumar said the interaction between the two leaders was very short.
The meeting happened on May 31 during Modi's visit enroute
Singapore and the talks covered a broad overview about the relationship between
the two countries.
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