Vijay Mallya, whose Kingfisher Airlines has defaulted on loans of over Rs 9,400 crore, and has been defying Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons, yesterday suffered a major blow when his passport was suspended by the government, which has threatened to revoke it.

The External Affairs Ministry suspended the diplomatic passport of the flamboyant 60-year-old industrialist, who has been in Britain for over a month and has refused to appear before the ED, on ED’s recommendation.