Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India is in talks with several governments and remains fully committed to securing the return of fugitives wanted by Indian courts.
- His comments followed a video from London in which Lalit Modi introduced himself and Vijay Mallya as "the biggest fugitives of India" during a birthday gathering.
- The clip, posted on Modi's Instagram with birthday wishes for Mallya, drew sharp criticism from social media users.
- Vijay Mallya left India in 2016, faces cases over more than Rs 9,000 crore in loan defaults, and was declared a Fugitive Economic Offender in 2019.
- Lalit Modi departed in 2010 during Enforcement Directorate probes, a Mumbai special court issued a non-bailable warrant in 2015, and both men have been living in the United Kingdom.