Mumbai court issues non-bailable arrest warrant against Vijay Mallya

A magisterial court in Mumbai has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant and an extradition order against businessman Vijay Mallya in a service tax default case.The court also issued an NBW against erstwhile CEO of Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines Sanjay Agarwal. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Service Tax Department counsel Advait Sethna said that the non-bailable warrant against Mallya, to be executed through the Ministry of External Affairs, and also an extradition



order.

He informed that as of now Mallya owes over Rs 100 crore to the department. The Service Tax Department had issued a notice to the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines for dues of Rs 87.5 crore in 2011-12. 

In April 2016, a special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases too had issued an NBW against Mallya, while in January this year a CBI court issued an NBW against the beleaguered liquor baron in an IDBI loan default case.