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This story is from April 24, 2016

Vijay Mallya's passport revoked by external affairs ministry

Vijay Mallya's passport revoked by external affairs ministry
NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallya's passport has been revoked.
"After having considered replies by Vijay Mallya, MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) revokes his passport under S.10(3)(c) & (h) of Passports Act," foreign ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted today.
Liquor baron Mallya, who's been in Britain for over a month, is facing legal proceedings for the alleged default of loans worth over Rs 9,000 crores from various banks.

The MEA had on Friday said the central government was committed to bringing Mallya back in India to face justice.
We are considering steps for Mallya's deportation," foreign ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said on Friday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had weeks ago asked that Mallya's passport be revoked for non-cooperation with investigators, after he failed to present himself before the agency that has summoned him three times.
Last week, the MEA suspended the liquor baron's passport on the advice of the ED.
"Mallya has been asked to respond within one week as to why his passport should not be impounded or revoked under section 10(3)(c) of the Passports Act, 1967. If he fails to respond within the stipulated time, it will be assumed that he has no response to offer and the MEA will go ahead with the revocation," MEA spokesman Vikas Swarup said after Mallya's passport was suspended last week.

He was supposed to present himself before the ED's investigators in Mumbai on April 15 in connection with a money laundering probe in the more than Rs 900 crore IDBI loan fraud case.
The ED has registered a money laundering case against Mallya and others, based on an FIR registered last year by the CBI. The agency is also investigating the financial structure of the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines and is looking into any payment of kickbacks it made to secure loan the loan.
Mallya was first summoned by the agency to "appear in person" at its office in Mumbai on March 18 but he sought more time citing his prior engagements, following which the agency asked him to depose on April 2.
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