MEA lists Mallya among persons being prosecuted under Prevention of Money Laundering Act

By : ANI | Updated at : 20 Jul 2017 09:30 PM (IST)

New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): At least 53 persons, including liquor baron Vijay Mallya, are facing prosecution complaints from the Directorate of Enforcement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, and they are absconding, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said.

This information was given by General (Retired) V.K. Singh, the Minister of State for External Affairs in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

He said that it has not received any request from the Directorate of Enforcement or the Ministry of Home Affairs for extradition of persons mentioned in the list in connection with cases under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, the nodal ministry for Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in Criminal Matters, has conveyed that the India-UK MLAT in criminal matters does not cover the subject to bring back persons under investigation.

However, the CBI had submitted extradition request in respect of Mr. Vijay Mallya regarding the case under Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for his extradition from UK.

The extradition request has been sent to UK for their consideration under bilateral extradition treaty.

The persons listed are as follows:

1.Anil Jain

2.Abdul Karim Jaka

3.Yash Dilip Jain

4.Satyanarayan Tarachand Jaju

5.Pukhraj Anandmal Mutha

6.Vikram Jayantilal Choksi

7.Munnichand S.Bhandari

8.Rakesh Shyamlal Jariwala

9.Surendra Kumar Dungarwal

10.Surendra Singh Siddhu