You kept Gandhi, Nehru in same jails: PM Modi to Theresa May on Mallya's extradition
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According to reports, PM Modi conveyed his opinion to PM May during his talks on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
Union Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his meeting with his British counterpart last month, had expressed unhappiness over queries on the condition of Indian prisons.
"These are the same jails where you (British) had kept Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other top Indian leaders," Swaraj told reporters on Monday when asked about the focus on conditions in Indian jails during a hearing in a British court over Vijay Mallya's extradition to India.
Swaraj informed that PM Modi had told the British PM that it was not proper for courts to ask about the condition of Indian jails as the British themselves had kept Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and other Indian leaders in these prisons.
"He also told her that when our fugitives come here (Britain), it takes time to send them back," Swaraj said.
According to reports, PM Modi conveyed his opinion to PM May during his talks on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The Prime Minister had also raised the issue of delay in sending back Indian fugitives by British authorities.
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya's lawyers have been opposing Indian Government's plea for extraditing him citing poor hygiene and overcrowding in Indian jails.A British court is considering India's requests for extradition of Mallya.
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Mallya is facing charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to around Rs 9,000 crores. He was arrested by Scotland Yard on an extradition warrant in April 2017.
According to an MEA statement released in July 2017, Mallya is among 53 persons who face prosecution complaints from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Mallya is absconding and currently lives in the United Kingdom.
(With inputs from PTI)