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Decision on my extradition, Christian Michel`s extradition not linked: Vijay Mallya

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A day after offering to pay back 100% principal amount to banks, Vijay Mallya said on Thursday that a decision on his extradition to India should not be linked to the recent extradition of Christian Michel.

Michel, suspected to be a middeleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, was brought back to India on Tuesday night after a UAE court gave the green signal. Soon after, there were calls for a similar move to bring back Mallya, who faces charges of defaulting on loans worth Rs 9,000 crore, from the UK. “Respectfully to all commentators, I cannot understand how my extradition decision or the recent extradition from Dubai and my settlement offer are linked in any way,” the former liquor baron tweeted on Thursday morning. “Wherever I am physically, my appeal is “Please take the money”. I want to stop the narrative that I stole money.”

Respectfully to all commentators, I cannot understand how my extradition decision or the recent extradition from Dubai and my settlement offer are linked in any way. Wherever I am physically,my appeal is “Please take the money”. I want to stop the narrative that I stole money

— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) December 6, 2018

Mallya, who fled to the UK in March of 2016, has attempted to shun the defaulter tag attached to his name. On Thursday, Mallya fired a series of tweets in which he said he is willing to re-pay the principal amount taken in loans from banks for the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines. 

In September, a UK court had fixed December 10 as the date to deliver its verdict on whether beleaguered liquor baron can be extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering.

Source: Zee News