ED requests Interpol to issue Red Corner Notice against Vijay Mallya

After the UK refused to deport Vijay Mallya on 11 May, and instead asked India to seek his extradition, the Enforcement Directorate has written to Interpol on 12 May, requesting that a Red Corner Notice be issued against him.

Issuing a Red Corner Notice will necessitate Mallya's immediate arrest or detention across the world. The request for the Red Corner notice has been forwarded on the grounds that the liquor baron has a pending non-bailable arrest warrant against him, and his passport has been revoked due to non-compliance with the agency's three summons to appear for questioning under the Prevention of Money laundering Act, 2002.

Britain refused to deport Mallya despite India's requests, on grounds that he has valid documents.

"The UK government has informed that under the 1971 Immigration Act, the UK does not require an individual to hold a valid passport in order to remain in the UK if they have extant leave to remain as long as their passport was valid when leave to remain or enter the UK was conferred," was the Ministry of External Affairs' statement, according to a report in the Hindustan Times.