Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Monday gave three-day time to Vijay Mallya for filing his reply on Enforcement Directorate's application, which seeks to declare him a fugitive economic offender under new law.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that absconding tycoon Vijay Mallya now wants to come back to India. Citing sources, an NDTV report stated that Vijay Mallya wants to return to India and has been sending feelers continuously for the last two months. The report further stated that officials said that Mallya, who has extensive property in India which has been attached by the investigative agencies, wants to keep a way open to regain control over it. Vijay Mallya has so far opposed the government's efforts to extradite him, arguing that the condition of Indian prisons do not have light or fresh air.
"All his properties are attached and if the court decides to confiscate his properties, then under the new Fugitive Economic Offenders law, properties once seized cannot be released," a senior official in Finance Ministry explained.