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'God bless Vijay Mallya': UK village doesn't want liquor baron extradited

The locals of the English village of Tewin, where the fugitive liquor baron currently resides, appear to have taken a shine to him

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Vijay Mallya arrives for a case management hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London (Photo: PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
We don't know if the residents of beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya's possible new home, Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail (in the event that he is extradited), will get along with him or not, but the locals of the English village of Tewin, where the fugitive liquor baron currently resides, appear to have taken a shine to him.  

Tewin's locals say they don't want Mallya to be extradited to India, reported the Times of India on Monday. In fact, the families and multi-millionaires who reside in the village, which is located around 48 km north of London, consider him a hero,

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