Telangana News

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court declared Vijay Mallya as an "absconder".

Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently moved an application before the special court, seeking the same, so that they can start attaching his properties as he did not appear before court after being declared a proclaimed offender.

Speaking on the issue, the agency’s counsel Hiten Venegavkar said, “He has now been officially declared as an absconder and now all the properties belonging to him, including all the shares and debentures he holds in companies are permitted to be attached.”

“After the court order copy is procured we can start attaching his properties even outside the country. This is a method to force him to come back to India,” said an esteemed source in ED.

Even after special court declared him as a proclaimed offender on June 14 th, Mallya, who is supposed to attend the court, skipped it, due to which the ED had to move to the court again for getting him declared as an “absconder”.