INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Rohatgi, has remarked that it is a "big coincidence" that Vijay Mallya left India on the day a group of banks moved to recover his debts
It was possible that "someone could have tipped off Mallya", Mr Rohatgi said -- a remark that is expected to add to the opposition's case
against the government.Vijay Mallya, who is fighting to stave off India's efforts to extradite him so he can be put to trial, had skipped
the country on March 2, 2016, the day banks moved to recover debts to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore from him.After Vijay Mallya's remark
yesterday that he had met Union minister Arun Jaitley before leaving India and that he informed him about his journey to London, the
opposition has accused the minister of being in league with the fugitive liquor baron.The accusations of collusion has gained steam after it
left.The Central Bureau of Investigation - one of the agencies investigating the liquor baron - said the lookout notice, circulated on
October 16, 2015, was converted to a notice for "report on arrival" in November
At the time, Mr Mallya frequently shuttled between India and UK and the agency said it did not believe that he would escape."Yes if we went
earlier, he wouldn't be able to escape," Mr Rohatgi said
"Lookout notices weren't common then, as it is now."Mr Mallya, who was in London when the lookout circular was issued, returned when it was
From then to March, he went a back and forth at least five times
On March 2, he left India and did not come back.
