'Legally Prohibited From Leaving': Vijay Mallya Hits Back At 'Bhagoda' Tag, Claims UK Travel Restrictions Prevented Return To India
London: Alleged fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya has professed his innocence and claimed that he is legally prohibited from leaving the UK. In a series of posts on X, Mallya claims that the Indian Government has been grossly unjust to him. Also Watch: In October 2025, the MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary had told the Lok Sabha that a total of 15 individuals have been declared Fugitive Economic…
Alleged fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya has denied accusations and said that travel restrictions in the UK have prevented him from returning to India. In a series of X posts, Mallya maintained his innocence and criticized the Indian Government's treatment of him as unjust. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that they remained committed to bringing the economic offenders back to the country, despite the legal complexities involved.
Mallya claimed to have been a permanent resident of the UK since 1992, and that he was currently legally prohibited from leaving the country. He also alleged that the Government of India had unjustly labeled him a 'bhagoda' for refusing to come to India. Mallya cited an affidavit filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the Bombay High Court, which showed that the government had recovered Rs 14,131.60 crore from him in 2021.
The Ministry of External Affairs said that they were in talks with several governments on the matter.
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