Vijay Mallya extradition case timeline: How the events unfolded

Liquor baron Vijay Mallyas extradition to India has been approved by UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid on MondayThe Westminster Magistrates Court in London had ordered 63yearold Mallyas extradition to Indiaon December 10 2018 Vijay Mallya now has 14 days starting from February 4 to appeal against the extraditionMallya is wanted in India for alleged fraud and money laundering charges which amount to Rs 9000 crore He fled India and moved to the UK in 2016 and is on bail on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard in April 2017 after the Indian authorities brought fraud and money laundering charges amounting to Rs 9000 crores against the former Kingfisher Airlines bossA special court in Mumbai on January 5 2019 declared Vijay Mallya a fugitive economic offender FEO on a plea of the Enforcement Directorate Mallya became the first businessman to be declared EFO under the provisions of the new Fugitive Economic Offenders Act which came into existence in August last yearHeres a quick timeline of the Vijay Mallya case so farMay 9 2005 United Breweries Holdings Limited UBHL Chairman Vijay Mallyas luxury airline Kingfisher Airlines starts commercial operations 2013 Several banks led by State Bank of India approached United Breweries Holdings Ltd for payback of loan amounting to Rs 6493 crore on behalf of Kingfisher Airlines March 3 2016 Vijay Mallya fled India and took refuge in LondonFebruary 2017 India sent an extradition request to the UKApril 18 2017 Mallya surrenders at a central London police station Scotland Yard arrested him on an extradition warrantJune 13 2017 The first hearing took place at Westminster Magistrates Court in London His bail term got extended till December 2017 post which the extradition trial would startJuly 6 2017 Mallya appeared for a hearing in the case despite getting an exemption from appearance in courtSeptember 14 2017 Another case management hearing took place when Mallyas defence team informed the court of plans to depose six experts they intend to rely upon in their evidenceOctober 3 2017 CBI and Enforcement DirectorateED are clubbed together for the extradition trial Mallya is rearrested in a money laundering case filed by ED and is released on bail conditionsNovember 20 2017 A pretrial hearing takes note of additional supplemental charges of money laundering to the previous charges of fraud amounting to an estimated Rs 9000 croresDecember 4 2017 Vijay Mallyas extradition trial started on this dayDecember 5 2017 Vijay Mallyas defence team laid out its counterarguments and claimed that there was no evidence to support the nonsensical case of fraud against their clientDecember 7 2017 The hearing resumed and Mallyas defence claimed that he would pay back nearly 80 per cent of the principal loan amount which he owed to the Indian banks However this was rejected by the courtDecember 11 2017 Mallyas defence continued to depose its experts and tried to establish that the case against him was politically motivatedDecember 12 2017 The Crown Prosecution Service CPS took Mallyas defence teams political expert to a task and claimed that he had relied on flawed material to discredit Indian investigation agencies like the CBI and ED in his testimonyDecember 13 2017 The defence sought to discredit the suitability of Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai where Mallya was to be held on extradition through the witness statements of UKbased prison service expert Dr Alan Mitchell and dismiss his claimsDecember 14 2017 Both sides conclude the evidence stage of the trial The case was moved into 2018 to complete all proceduresJanuary 11 2018The hearing returns for the judge to hear arguments for and against the admissibility of certain evidence in the caseJanuary 11 2018 The hearing returns for the judge to hear arguments for and against the admissibility of certain evidence in the caseMarch 16 2018 The judge notes that it was blindingly obvious to her that rules were broken by Indian banks which sanctioned some of the loans to the erstwhile Kingfisher Airlines as the case returned for hearingApril 27 2018 The judge confirmed that the bulk of the evidence submitted by the Indian authorities in the extradition case will be deemed admissible thus giving a major boost to the CBIJuly 31 2018 The court asked the Indian authorities to submit a video of Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai to allay all doubts over its suitability as the case edged towards a conclusionSeptember 12 2018 At the final hearing in the case Mallya told media outside the court that he met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before he left India in March 2016 Jaitley instantly issues a statement to dismiss the comments as factually incorrectDecember 10 2018 Westminster Magistrates Court judge ordered the extradition of Mallya The UK Home Secretary will have to sign Mallyas extradition order within two months However Mallyas defence team had a chance to appeal in higher courts in the UK against the verdictJanuary 5 2019A special court in Mumbai on January 5 declares Vijay Mallya a fugitive economic offender FEO on a plea of the Enforcement DirectorateFebruary 4 2019UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid orders Mallyas extradition to IndiaArun Jaitley took to Twitter to praise the Modi government He tweetedModi Government clears one more step to get Mallya extradited while Opposition rallies around the SaradhascamstersModi Government clears one more step to get Mallya extradited while Opposition rallies around the Saradha Scamstersmdash Arun Jaitley arunjaitley February 4 2019with inputs from PTICatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates