Respect law and will comply with it; Don't want trial by media: Vijay Mallya

Beleagured businessman Vijay Mallya on Friday said that he didn't flee from the country and will comply with the law of the land.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Beleagured businessman Vijay Mallya, who is facing legal proceedings for alleged loan defaults by his group to the tune of over Rs 9,000 crore on Friday said that he didn't flee from the country and will comply with the law of the land.

Mallya tweeted earlier this morning:

I am an international businessman. I travel to and from India frequently. I did not flee from India and neither am I an absconder. Rubbish.

— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) March 10, 2016

He also sought to shift the blame to the media, tweeting:

Once a media witch hunt starts it escalates into a raging fire where truth and facts are burnt to ashes. — Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) March 11, 2016

He further tweeted:

Let media bosses not forget help, favours,accommodation that I have provided over several years which are documented. Now lies to gain TRP ? — Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) March 10, 2016

Mallya also questioned news reports that he must declare his assets. He tweeted:

News reports that I must declare my assets. Does that mean that Banks did not know my assets or look at my Parliamentary disclosures ? — Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) March 11, 2016

The 60-year-old liquor baron, who is facing legal proceedings for alleged loan defaults of Rs 9,000 crore by his group, left the country on March 2, even as banks have approached the courts to seek orders restraining him from going abroad.

While he remained silent on his whereabouts, reports said the UB Group chairman and Rajya Sabha member is believed to be at his country home in an English village about an hour's drive north of London.