UK assures India of full cooperation in extradition of Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya

Britain on Monday assured India to fully cooperate in the extradition process of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and liquor barron Vijay Mallya who are accused in separate multicrore bank loan defraud cases Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju saidMeanwhile government sources said that British Minister for CounterTerrorism Baroness Williams also confirmed to Indian authorities that Nirav Modi the billionaire jeweller at the heart of a more than Rs 13500 crore Punjab National Bank PNB fraud case is reportedly residing in her country an admission coming in the wake of reports about him seeking political asylum thereAt a counter terrorism dialogue held Williams guaranteed Rijiju of Britains support in the process to extradite Nirav Modi and Mallya to IndiaI had a very useful meeting with UK Minister Baroness Williams We discussed about IndiaUK joint efforts to deal with terrorism and extremism We also agreed to cooperate in the matters of extradition and sharing of information Rijiju said after the meetingWe have put across the government of Indias demands that anybody who is wanted by Indian agencies or an Indian court we seek the cooperation from the UK authorities on extraditionThe UK minister has assured to give full cooperation whether it is Vijay Mallya case or Nirav Modi or anybody he saidNirav Modi left India with his family a month before the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a criminal case against him on January 31 after PNB Indias secondlargest staterun bank lodged a case alleging him and his uncle Mehul Choksi to defraud it by raising credit from overseas branches of other banks using illegal guarantees issued by rogue PNB staff at a Mumbai branch over several yearsIndia is already seeking the extradition of Mallya a liquor and aviation tycoon over unpaid loans to his defunct Kingfisher Airlines after the businessman and coowner of the Formula One Force India team moved to Britain in March last year Mallya who has been staying there for over a year now has been accused of defaulting on loans worth thousands of croresRijiju further said there is a good understanding between the Indian and British governments and that the two leaders reiterated they would cooperate with each other and address each others concerns over other issuesBesides extradition of Nirav Modi and Mallya Rijiju discussed issues related to antiIndia movement being carried out by proKhalistan Sikh Federation with the British ministerthere are certain elements who are misusing the UK territory to propagate or also conduct activities which is antiIndiaSo I have requested the minister that using the UKs territory for antiIndia agenda must be curtailed We are not against the freedom of speech UK is a liberal country so are we We are also a democratic country and we cannot curb the freedom of speech But the freedom of speech cannot be misused to abuse the countrys image So we are very clear that UK should not be a country where antiIndia activities can be conducted without any kind of restriction or check Rijiju saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever