Will Vijay Mallya & Other Willful Defaulters Ever Pay for their Crimes?

India’s best-known absconder Vijay Mallya has thus far managed to evade the long arm of the law. He currently is appearing before a UK court in his extradition trial. Will Indian law enforcement authorities be able to bring him back to India, where he can be punished for his crimes? Do the rich and famous in India ever really pay for their crimes? 

The story so far

Vijay Mallya and his companies have defrauded Indian banks and financial institutions and he faces charges of money laundering and fraud to the tune of Rs 9,000 crores. In spite of this, the tycoon found it fairly easy to skip the county and park himself in the UK, evading the Indian law enforcement authorities and continuing to live his fabled ‘king-size’ life. Summonses were issued by Indian courts, his passport was asked to be revoked belatedly. None of this made the slightest difference to India’s absconder-in-chief.

He continued to tweet about his many expensive interests and assets such as cricket and racing. He made some laughable repayment offers which banks summarily rejected. He did not seem too perturbed when he was booed at Lords either.

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