A court in New Delhi has ordered the attachment of properties of business tycoon and liquor baron Vijay Mallya. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat directed the attachment through the Police Commissioner, Bengaluru, and sought a report by May 8 regarding compliance of the order. The court was hearing a plea made by the Enforcement Directorate, seeking attachment of properties belonging to Mallya, who has been declared a proclaimed offender for evading summons in a money laundering case related to FERA violation.
The court had on April 12 last year, issued an open-ended non-bailable warrant (NBW) against the liquor baron. While issuing the NBW, it had observed that he had no inclination to return and had scant regard for the law of the land. It said that coercive process has to be initiated against Mallya as he was facing proceedings in several cases and avoiding an appearance in those matters. The court had also held that Mallya's plea that he wanted to return to India but was “incapacitated” to travel as his passport had been revoked by Indian authorities was “malafide” and “abuse of the process of law”.
Meanwhile, it is reported that the 62 year old is set to marry his longtime girlfriend and former Kingfisher air hostess Pinky Lalwani. If true, this will be his third marriage. Mallya was first married in 1986 to air hostess Sameera Tyabjee, but their marriage was short lived. In 1993, he tied the knot with Rekha, who remains legally married to him. He has three kids from his previous marriages, including son Siddharth and two daughters Leanna and Tanya.
