Indian prison conditions flagged in Vijay Mallya case

British magistrate presiding over Mallya extradition case says India's prison standards are not up to the mark

Prison conditions in India have become an issue in the Vijay Mallya extradition case, which is at a preliminary stage in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London. The presiding magistrate herself raised the matter during a case management hearing on Thursday.

Emma Arbuthnot, chief magistrate of the court presiding over the case, suggested that India’s prison standards were not up to the mark, and added this had been “raised before” in previous cases. 

To this, the barrister appearing for India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mark Summers, said, “We have received detailed assurance with photographs...We anticipated this