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...