Fugitive Businessman Vijay Mallya's Extradition To India Anytime Soon; May Be Lodged In Mumbai

Hearing Mallya's plea in August 2018, a UK court had asked the Indian investigative agencies to share details of the prison where he would be kept after extradition.

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New Delhi: On extradition to India, Vijay Mallya would be flown to Mumbai as the case against him was registered there, sources in the investigative agencies disclosed to on Wednesday. The fugitive businessman will be accompanied by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials. At the Mumbai Airport, a medical team will do his health check-up. If Mallya lands in Mumbai at night, he will have to spend some time at the CBI office in the city. He will be produced in a court later in the day. If he lands during the day, he will directly be produced in a court, where the CBI will seek his custody. Later, the ED would also seek his custody, sources said. Hearing Mallya's plea in August 2018, a UK court had asked the Indian investigative agencies to share details of the prison where he would be kept after extradition. The agencies had then shared a video of the cell at the Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, where they planned to keep Mallya after extradition. The agencies had also informed the UK court that post-extradition Mallya would be lodged in one of the high-security barracks located in a two-story building at the Arthur Road Jail complex. WATCH: Watch Top 25 stories of the day in 5 minutes