ED prepares fugitive tag for Vijay Mallya, files fresh chargesheet

The fresh chargesheet revolves around the complaint received from State Bank of India (SBI) on behalf of the consortium of banks for causing loss of ₹6,027 crore to them

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a freshcharge sheet against embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, two companies linked to him and others on charges of money laundering for allegedly cheating a consortium of nationalised banks to the tune of over ₹6,000 crore, officials said on Monday.

The Enforcement Directorate has named Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines, United Breweries Holdings Limited and others in a voluminous chargesheet. (Reuters)

The agency has filed the chargesheet, also known as prosecution complaint, before a special court in Mumbai under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

It has named Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines (KFA), UBHL (United Breweries Holdings Limited) and others in the voluminous chargesheet, they said.

PTI was first to report on Sunday that after this chargesheet, the central probe agency would immediately seek permission from a court to “confiscate” assets worth more than ₹9,000 crore of the beleaguered businessman and his firms under the recently promulgated Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance.

The ED had last year filed its first charge sheet against Mallya, now in London, in the alleged ₹900-crore IDBI Bank-Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) loan fraud case.

The fresh chargesheet revolves around the complaint received from State Bank of India (SBI) on behalf of the consortium of banks for causing loss of ₹6,027 crore to them by not keeping repayment commitments of the loans taken during 2005-10, they said.

The ED has based its investigation in this instance after taking cognisance of a CBI FIR.