NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallya mentioned he’s legally barred from leaving the UK, claiming his innocence on Wednesday, in a sequence of posts on X.The allegedly fugitive businessman has claimed that the Indian Authorities has been grossly unjust to him.“For all who say I’m a bhagoda refusing to come back to India, please bear in mind that I’ve been a everlasting resident of the UK since 1992 and am at present legally prohibited from leaving this nation. All this began with poster-boy actions by the Authorities of India who’ve been grossly unjust in my case,” Mallya mentioned in his submit.In October 2025, Mallya was among the many listing of 15 high-profile names that have been declared Fugitive Financial Offenders (FEOs) underneath the Fugitive Financial Offenders Act, 2018 (FEOA). He shares the listing with Nirav Modi.In a separate submit on Tuesday, Mallya referred to an alleged Enforcement Directorate affidavit purportedly filed earlier than the Bombay Excessive Courtroom, claiming it confirmed restoration of Rs 14,131.60 crore from him in 2021.“Para 7 is the decreed debt and Para 17 reveals recovered Rs 14,131.60 crore in 2021!! 5 years on I’m nonetheless known as a fraud who cheated the Banks,” he wrote.
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He additionally shared what he described as an account assertion of recoveries, questioning why he continued to be labelled a fraudster and asking when he would possibly obtain a refund. Mallya additional claimed that the ED had launched over Rs 350 crore from his connected funds to pay Kingfisher Airlines workers, asserting he had been unable to make these funds himself as a result of his property had been frozen.This isn’t the primary time Mallya has made such claims. In August, he wrote on X that banks and the federal government had “admitted” to recovering Rs 14,100 crore from him in opposition to a judgment debt of Rs 6,203 crore, contrasting this with settlements reached by different debtors “at a fraction” of what they owed.The Centre, for its half, reiterated in December final 12 months that it remained dedicated to bringing financial offenders again to face trial, although the ministry of exterior affairs acknowledged that “a number of layers of legalities” have been concerned in such circumstances.Mallya’s claims come in opposition to the backdrop of an ongoing authorized battle, the place he challenged the constitutional validity of the Fugitive Act and the proceedings underneath which he was declared a fugitive.