A consortium of 13 banks led by
State Bank of India approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday to prevent
controversial tycoon Vijay Mallya from leaving the country,but Mallya is
believed to have left for a foreign destination a few days ago. The banks urged the court to stop him from going
abroad as they claimed he owed them over Rs 9,000 crore.
Mallya's spokesperson said she had
no information about his whereabouts and that he was communicating only through
email.
A consortium of 13 banks on Tuesday approached
the SC, a day after a Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) restrained Mallya from
disbursing in any manner Rs 515 crore paid to him by liquor major Diageo for
exiting United Spirits. But the tribunal refused an interim order to freeze
Mallya's passport.
Source: economictimes
