Vijay Mallya's extradition issue progressing through appropriate legal channels: British Minister
She, however, declined to comment on whether the issue of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, both wanted for financial fraud, came up for discussion.
Published: 12th June 2018 01:29 AM | Last Updated: 12th June 2018 01:29 AM | A+A A-
Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya. (Photo | AP)
NEW DELHI: The issue of extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya is progressing through appropriate legal channels and Britain has "reassured" India about it, British Minister for Countering Extremism Baroness Williams said today.
The issue came up for discussion between Williams and Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju during a meeting here.
She, however, declined to comment on whether the issue of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, both wanted for financial fraud, came up for discussion.
Last month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had conveyed his unhappiness to his British counterpart Theresa May over focus on conditions of Indian prisons during court hearings on Mallya's extradition.
I will not comment on an ongoing case with legal processes involved: UK Minister Baroness Williams on #NiravModi; on #VijayMallya she said, 'Issue is progressing through appropriate legal channels. I spoke to the minister (Kiren Rijiju) today & gave him reassurances on that.' pic.twitter.com/QPAtMCyx0l
— ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2018
Modi, during a meeting with May in London in April, told her that it was not proper for courts to ask about the condition of Indian jails as the British themselves had kept Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other Indian leaders in these prisons, Swaraj had said.
When asked whether the British government is convinced that the jails are comfortable for Mallya, she said, "The issue is progressing through the appropriate legal channels and I spoke to the Minister of State (Rijiju) and gave him reassurances on that."
