The liquor baron Vijay Mallya was today briefly arrested by the UK police in a money laundering case and later granted bail. <br/><br/>He was granted bail by the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on the same conditions as the one granted in April 2017. <br/><br/>Mallya was arrested by the police in pursuance of extradition request by India based on money laundering charges against him.<br/><br/>The case is being probed by the ED and it has already filed a charge sheet against him and others in a Mumbai court. The ED will be arguing the case against Mallya on behalf of the Indian government. <br/><br/>The embattled businessman, who has been based in the UK since he fled India in March last year. He is wanted in India for his erstwhile Kingfisher Airlines' default on loans worth nearly 9,000 crore rupees. <br/><br/>
News On AIR | October 3, 2017 8:20 PM
Vijay Mallya arrested, granted bail in London in money laundering case