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Keep dreaming, taunts Vijay Mallya as India fails to give UK court evidence

Indian govt failed to present evidence to support their request to force him to return to India

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

Ashis Ray London
The Indian government and its Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cut a sorry figure in a British court on Tuesday in their much-hyped effort to extradite embattled businessman Vijay Mallya, wanted for his Kingfisher Airlines’ default on loans worth nearly Rs 9,000 crore to various banks. They failed to present evidence to support their request to force him to return to India to face charges of alleged fraud.

At the end of what was a case management hearing, Mallya was excused from personally attending the next hearing on July 6 and granted an extension to his conditional bail till December

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