NEW DELHI : India is in touch with the British government over extradition of fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya after he exhausted legal options against New Delhi's request to the UK to extradite him. "The government of India is in touch with the UK regarding the next steps in his extradition process," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday.
He was replying to a question on Mallya's extradition to India during an online media briefing. Last week, Mallya lost his appeals in the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India to face money laundering and fraud charges.
The UK top court's decision marked a major setback to the 64-year-old businessman as it came weeks after he lost his High Court appeal in