New Delhi | Liquor Baron Vijay Mallya on Saturday turned down the allegation by an Enforcement Directorate (ED) official of attempting a plea bargain.
Mallya tweeted that,”Media reports quote an ED official stating that I am attempting a plea bargain. Would respectfully suggest that the official read the ED charge sheet first. I would invite the ED to advance the same plea bargain theory in Court in front of whom I have placed my assets.”
Media reports quote an ED official stating that I am attempting a plea bargain. Would respectfully suggest that the official read the ED charge sheet first. I would invite the ED to advance the same plea bargain theory in Court in front of whom I have placed my assets.
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) June 30, 2018
According to few media reports, ED officials dismissed the former’s offer to settle all dues if his seized assets were freed up as “an attempt at plea bargaining and a bid to bolster his case against extradition to India from Britain.” The official further claimed that the ED had not received any copy of the affidavit filed by Mallya and United Breweries Holdings before the Karnataka High Court last week, contrary to the businessman’s claims.
Meanwhile, Vijay Mallya in a series of tweets last week broke his silence over the controversy surrounding him of defaulting on bank loans to the tune of Rs 9000 crores. Mallya claimed that he had been falsely framed as the “poster boy of Bank default and a lightning rod of public anger”. He further reiterated that he is making every effort, in good faith to settle dues with the banks, but if politically-motivated factors interfere, there is nothing he can do.
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