Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the government is fully committed to ensuring wanted individuals return to face Indian courts, with talks ongoing with several governments.
- He emphasized that these cases involve multiple layers of legal processes and offered no fresh timeline or new extradition announcement.
- A recent Instagram clip showed Lalit Modi with Vijay Mallya in London as Modi called them “the two biggest fugitives of India,” drawing sharp online criticism.
- The footage appears to be from Mallya’s 70th birthday hosted by Modi at his Belgrave Square residence in London, which Modi promoted with a caption to “break the internet.”
- Vijay Mallya was declared a Fugitive Economic Offender in 2019 over loan defaults exceeding Rs 9,000 crore, while Lalit Modi faces ED cases and a 2015 non-bailable warrant after leaving India in 2010.