India making a formal extradition request +asked the UK to extradite nearly 60 people +NEW DELHI: The extradition of Vijay Mallya may happen sooner than expected. Both sides reiterated their determination to strengthen legal cooperation and expedite the pending requests"A two-day long meeting between British and Indian officials related to pending cases of deportation and extradition of "wanted" suspects from either country. At the end of the meeting, Indian officials are more optimistic of being able to get Mallya back.Indian officials answered questions about death penalty, prison conditions etc, which would help when the legal process goes through the UK system. It was agreed that the Central Authorities of both the countries would review further progress in these cases every six month through video conference.During the May visit, Indian officials had, including Lalit Modi and Mallya. In return, UK also wants 17 people from India to be tried for crimes in the UK, against whom Letters Rogatory had been issued.

Source: Times of India February 21, 2017 14:26 UTC