At the G-20 meet: Modi raises Mallya, Lalit Modi cases with May

The PM asked May for cooperation on bringing to justice economic offenders such as Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi. While Mallya’s case is going to come up for its first substantive hearing in December, extradition proceedings are yet to begin in Lalit Modi’s case.

In between attending sessions for the annual G-20 Summit, Prime Minister Narendr Modi asked UK PM Theresa May for cooperation on bringing back to India economic offenders like Vijay Mallya. Modi and May interacted on the sidelines of the summit, in their first meeting after the elections in the UK and a spate of terrorist attacks in the country. The PM asked May for cooperation on bringing to justice economic offenders such as Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi. While Mallya’s case is going to come up for its first substantive hearing in December, extradition proceedings are yet to begin in Lalit Modi’s case.

Officials said that Modi also offered his support to the UK against terrorism and extremism, besides expressing his condolences over the terror incidents. The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Gopal Baglay, said the PM asked for the UK’s cooperation on return of “escaped Indian economic offenders”.

Modi and Abe discussed “strategic partnership”, including coordinating their policies in the Indo-Pacific region, since both countries advocate free and open Indo-Pacific. This ties in well with India’s Act East policy, Japan PM’s spokesperson Norio Maruyama told The Sunday Express.