A day after relief from UK court, ED files chargesheet against Mallya

A London court granted him bail and scheduled July 6 as next date of extradition hearing

ANI  |  New Delhi 

Vijay Mallya in London on Tuesday. Photo: AP/PTI
Vijay Mallya. Photo: AP/PTI

The (ED) has filed a charge sheet against in a Mumbai court, sources said.

On Tuesday, a had granted bail and scheduled July 6 as the next date of hearing of the extradition case filed against him.

After coming out of the court on Tuesday, an embattled said, "You can keep dreaming about the billion pounds, but there's no proof."

"Do you have the facts? You cannot prove anything without facts," he added.

When asked how he felt when he was booed at and called a thief during a match between India and South Africa, said: "I was not called a thief that day by [the] crowd at [the] Oval ground. Two drunk people were shouting, but several others came and wished me well".

Speaking to media before his extradition hearing, had said, "I deny all allegations, I have enough evidence to prove my case in court."

Britain's Crown Prosecution Service argued the extradition case on India's behalf. A joint team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the went to London last month with documents to bolster the Crown's case.

owes as much as Rs 9,000 crore to Indian banks. He was declared arrested in absentia on April 18 after India made a formal extradition request for him on February 8.

The 61-year-old chief of the now-defunct fled India on March 2 last year, has been living in Britain, mostly, since then.

A day after relief from UK court, ED files chargesheet against Mallya

A London court granted him bail and scheduled July 6 as next date of extradition hearing

A London court granted him bail and scheduled July 6 as next date of extradition hearing

The (ED) has filed a charge sheet against in a Mumbai court, sources said.

On Tuesday, a had granted bail and scheduled July 6 as the next date of hearing of the extradition case filed against him.

After coming out of the court on Tuesday, an embattled said, "You can keep dreaming about the billion pounds, but there's no proof."

"Do you have the facts? You cannot prove anything without facts," he added.

When asked how he felt when he was booed at and called a thief during a match between India and South Africa, said: "I was not called a thief that day by [the] crowd at [the] Oval ground. Two drunk people were shouting, but several others came and wished me well".

Speaking to media before his extradition hearing, had said, "I deny all allegations, I have enough evidence to prove my case in court."

Britain's Crown Prosecution Service argued the extradition case on India's behalf. A joint team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the went to London last month with documents to bolster the Crown's case.

owes as much as Rs 9,000 crore to Indian banks. He was declared arrested in absentia on April 18 after India made a formal extradition request for him on February 8.

The 61-year-old chief of the now-defunct fled India on March 2 last year, has been living in Britain, mostly, since then.

image
Business Standard
177 22