Vijay Mallya under house arrest; cannot leave till further notice

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London has put liquor baron, Vijay Mallya under house arrest, Times of India said in a report on Wednesday.

Soon after he was arrested on Tuesday by Scotland Yard in London he received bail under strict conditions and a Rs 5.4 crore bond.

Mallya was produced in a court in the UK which granted him bail till May 17.

He is now supposed to remain confined at his property at Hertfordshire close to London without applying for international travel documents or be in the possession of any documents.

His Indian passport which has been revoked after he left for London, will be with Scotland Yard.

The TOI report quoted Mallya’s counsel in Mumbai, Amit Desai who said the proceedings may last a total of six months to a year before the UK court decides whether to send Mallya back or not.

CBI officials that Zee Business spoke to, said, "Vijay Mallya has been arrested on the request of CBI on February 8, 2017," adding," CBI had sent a formal extradition request on IDBI bank loan case. In this case charge sheet had been filed on January 24,  2017. This case was registered on July 29, 2015."

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After his arrest Mallya tweeted about the ‘media hype’ and his extradition hearing.

Glad that some media are putting facts in perspective. Surrender of passport, arrest,bail all part of normal extradition proceedings.

— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) April 18, 2017

Usual Indian media hype. Extradition hearing in Court started today as expected.

— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) April 18, 2017

A year ago, Mallya made a quite exit to London via Delhi on March 2, 2016. He has been on the wilful defaulter’s list since 2015 and was being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for defaulting on loan repayments worth over Rs 9000 crores.

In May 2016, the government asked UK to deport Mallya on the grounds that his passport stood cancelled.

The UK government however said that it does not require an individual to hold a valid passport to remain in the country; however, since the extent of the crimes by Mallya were extensive UK said that they would consider extradition.

Failing CBI’s request to extradite Mallya the request has now been sent through the Ministry of External Affairs. CBI had also moved court in November last year for the petition to extradite Mallya from the UK.

A third attempt to bring Vijay Mallya back to India from the United Kingdoms was set in motion on February 9 via the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). India handed over a request for the liquor baron’s extradition to the British High Commission in New Delhi.

On April 12, a Delhi court issued an open-ended non-bailable warrant against the beleaguered business man for evading summons in a Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violation case.

State Bank of India on several occasions tried to auction off Mallya’s properties including his private jet, property in Vile Parle and Goa and cars among others.

Earlier this month, businessman Sachiin Joshi bought Mallya’s Goa villa for Rs 73.01 crore.