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UK Court Orders to Sell Off Six Posh Cars of Indian Fugitive Vijay Mallya

In a setback to liquor baron, fugitive Vijay Mallya, London high court has issued an order empowering the enforcement officers to sell six of the Mallya’s posh cars to repay Rs 100 billion debt he owes to the consortium of 13 Indian banks.

According to a report published by the Indian daily, The Times of India, the list of cars to be sold include four with personalised number plates using his initials VJM. The court in an order said that the cars must be sold for an amount not less than £404,000.


Justice Cockerill at the London high court issued an order dated October 11 which stated that the enforcement officials of the London high court are at liberty to sell his 2016 Mini Countryman, 2012 Maybach 62 with registration number VJM1, his 2006 Ferrari F430 with the registration number BO55VJM, 2014 Range Rover with the registration number F1VJM, a Ferrari F512M, and a Porsche Cayenne with the number plate 0007VJM.

The Indian government and some other investigation agencies are moving ahead to extradite the fugitive, Vijay Mallya from Britain to India. India’s federal investigation agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently filed a 10-minute long video of the jail chamber and the condition in which it is being kept.

The next hearing in the extradition case of Vijay Mallya is scheduled for December 10 in London and India is moving ahead to bring the fugitive back to India.

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