Flamboyant businessman Vijay Mallya, pursued by Indian authorities over unpaid loans tied to his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, was arrested in London briefly on Tuesday and appeared in court for an extradition hearing.
A source close to Mallya said he attended a police station voluntarily and the arrest was a technical procedure. Mallya, 61, was arrested on behalf of the Indian authorities over accusations of fraud and appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court, British police said.
Mallya, in a message on Twitter, called the news of his arrest "usual Indian media hype" as television channels said he was granted bail at the hearing.
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