UK court’s decision against Mallya validates CBI’s painstaking, meticulous investigation: officials

New Delhi:

It is a significant achievement for persevering with the battle in opposition to monetary fugitives, an elated CBI acknowledged on Monday’s verdict of a UK High Court rejecting the attraction of embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya who had sought an order in opposition to his extradition to India.

Mallya had escaped from the nation after allegations of monetary establishment fraud have been levelled in opposition to him for inflicting losses as a lot as almost Rs 9,000 crore to banks.

“It is a significant achievement in continuing war against economic fugitives who have been managing to stay away from the judicial process in the country,” CBI spokesperson RK Gaur acknowledged.

He acknowledged it moreover validates the “painstaking and meticulous” investigation carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Mallya on Monday misplaced a UK High Court attraction in opposition to his extradition.

The dismissal of the attraction by the High Court acquired correct proper right here as a large achievement for the corporate which has been tirelessly pursuing his extradition from the UK. The then Head of Special Investigation Team of the CBI Rakesh Asthana has been recurrently attending the London hearings.

The ruling by the High Court offers 64-year-old Mallya, who’s on bail, 14-days to method the UK Supreme Court.

If he would not file an attraction forward of the UK’s apex courtroom docket, he may very correctly be despatched to India in accordance with provisions of the India-UK Extradition Treaty.

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