I never ran away from India like him: Vadra on Mallya's 'victim' analogy

The Congress chief's son-in-law said that while he was a political victim, he had never misused his position or absconded with anyone's money

Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya, currently on the lam, has drawn parallels between himself and Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Vadra, for his part, has not taken too kindly to Mallya's claims. 

The Times of India reported on Tuesday that while defending himself before a court in the United Kingdom against India's request to extradite him, Mallya said that he was a political victim like Vadra and Singh. According to the national daily, the 61-year-old businessman even presented news reports that quoted Opposition Congress members alleging that the Narendra Modi-led central government's