'PM brings up extradition of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi in all UK-India meetings'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought up the issue of the extradition of fugitives Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi in every IndiaUK traderelated meeting according to sourcesThe UK government is facing immense pressure from the Indian side over the pending issue of their extraditionTime and again the delegations from the UK that have come to India have faced Indian pressure to extradite Mallya and Nirav Modi the sources revealedIn a recent interview with private English news channel Times Now senior advocate Harish Salve said that the British always complain that as soon as there is a meeting the first question that PM Modi would ask is the progress of the extradition proceedings of Mallya and Nirav ModiPM Modi has strongly told the UK government that you cant be a trade partner and a home for fugitives at the same time Salve saidVijay Mallya chairman of Kingfisher Airlines was ordered to be extradited by the British judiciary in 2019 and is yet to be sent to India Similarly diamantaire Nirav Modi has been held in custody at south Londons Wandsworth prison since he was arrested in 2019India and the UK had signed an extradition treaty in 1992 This was ratified the following year and has been in force sinceFugitive diamantaire Nirav Modis plea to move the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering was denied in December last yearNirav Modi lost the bid to take his fight against extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering to the UKs Supreme Court Nirav Modi a prime accused in the Rs 13500 crore Punjab National Bank PNB scam had fled IndiaHe lost his appeal after he moved the High Court in London against his extradition on mental health groundsEarlier this March without mentioning the names of fugitive economic offenders UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly had said that the British Judicial system is independent of the government and it is them to decideCleverly told ANI The legal process in the UK just as it is in India is independent of the government We always want to see the machinery of the justice system working promptly but those are the decisions of the British Judicial systemThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever