Vijay Mallya has hit back at those calling him a “bhagoda”, saying he is legally prohibited from leaving the United Kingdom and accusing the Indian government of being “grossly unjust” in his case.
In a post on X, Mallya said he has been a permanent resident of the UK since 1992 and claimed that his continued stay in the country was not a matter of choice.
Government’s stand on return to India
“Affidavit filed by the ED in the Hon’ble Bombay High Court. Mallya also shared a table which he described as a statement of account of the recovery. “For all who say I am a bhagoda refusing to come to India, please be aware that I have been a permanent resident of the United Kingdom since 1992 and am currently legally prohibited from leaving this country. The Bombay High Court had, however, told Mallya that he needed to return to India if he wanted to pursue his challenge to the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018. Para 7 is the decreed debt and Para 17 shows recovered ₹ 14,131.60 crore in 2021 !! 5 years on I am still referred to as a fraud who cheated the Banks,” he said.
All this started with poster boy actions by the Government of India who have been grossly unjust in my case,” Mallya said. The court said he could not avoid the jurisdiction of Indian courts and simultaneously seek relief from them. In December last year, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the government remained committed to bringing economic offenders back to India, while acknowledging that multiple legal processes were involved.
