Undeniable fact that Mallya told Jaitley that he was leaving for London: Swamy

Undeniable fact that Mallya told Jaitley that he was leaving for London: Swamy

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Sept 13: It’s an "undeniable fact" that Vijay Mallya told Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament that he was leaving for London, Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said today.

Another such fact, according to Swamy: That a lookout notice was "diluted on [October] 24, 2015 from ’Block’ to ’Report’ departure, enabling Mallya to depart with 54 checked luggage items".

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Subramanian Swamy / Twitter

@Swamy39

We have now two undeniable facts on the Mallya escape issue: 1. Look Out Notice was diluted on Oct 24, 2015 from “Block” to “Report” departure enabling Mallya to depart with 54 checked luggage items. 2. Mallya told FM in Central Hall of Parliament that he was leaving for London.

10:46 AM - Sep 13, 2018

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Subramanian Swamy

@Swamy39

I learn from my sources that the Lookout Notice issued by CBI for Mallya was modified from “Block Departure” to “Report Departure” on October 24, 2015 on orders from someone in MoF. Who?

10:06 PM - Sep 12, 2018

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Yesterday, Mallya told reporters in London that he met Jaitley before he left India. The former liquor baron later said he never met Jaitley formally.

Jaitley, on his part, said Mallya used his privilege as a Rajya Sabha member and accosted him in the corridor of Parliament.

"He paced up to catch up with me and while walking uttered a sentence that ’I am making an offer of settlement’," he said. "Having been fully briefed about his earlier ’bluff offers’, without allowing him to proceed with the conversation, I curtly told him ’there was no point talking to me and he must make offers to his bankers’."

"I did not even receive the papers that he was holding in his hand."

PL Punia, a Congress party spokesperon, said Jaitley was "lying".

"I saw him having [a] prolonged meeting in Central Hall of Parliament about two days before he [Mallya] was allowed to escape from India," he said.