London: Liquor businessman Vijay Mallya has claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have treated him unfairly in the last four years. Mallya (64), former boss of Kingfisher Airlines, is appealing against the extradition order to India on charges of alleged fraud and money laundering of Rs 9000 crore.
Mallya’s lawyers said in the British High Court this week that he had been the victim of a disaster on the aviation industry and that he had no intention of manipulating the airline to seek a loan for the now-shutdown.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), appearing for the Indian authorities, denied the claims, stating that a prima facie case is made against Mallya in which he has to answer in the courts of India.
Mallya told reporters at the Royal Court of Justice in London on Thursday at the end of the three-day hearing on the appeal, “The Enforcement Directorate has attached properties on the banks’ complaint that I am not paying them. I have not committed any such offense under the PMLA that the Enforcement Directorate should take cognizance and attach my assets.
