Indian authorities have been trying to extradite Mallya to India after the collapse of his defunct Kingfisher Airlines. The UK government's Monday order follows a London court's ruling in December that Mallya be extradited to India to face fraud charges. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government had cleared "one more step to get Mallya extradited," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wrote on Twitter late on Monday. "While we welcome the UK Government's decision in the matter, we await the early completion of the legal process for his extradition," a government source said on Monday. Earlier on Monday, the Times of India paper reported news of the UK government's order to extradite Mallya.

Source: bd News24 February 04, 2019 17:48 UTC