Government recovered so much money from fugitive Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, Finance Minister claimed

New Delhi : A news is coming out regarding Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, the two biggest names included in the list of fugitives of the country. Both of them have fled abroad after defrauding the country's banks worth crores of rupees. The government has returned properties worth Rs 22,280 crore of fugitive criminals like Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi to the legitimate claimants in the banks. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has returned properties worth Rs 22,280 crore to the victims or rightful claimants and the fight against economic criminals of the country is going to continue.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while replying to the discussion in the Lok Sabha for the year 2024-25, has said that fugitive Vijay Mallya's property worth Rs 14,131.6 crore has been returned to the public sector banks.

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Mehul Choksi's property auctioned

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that in the case of Nirav Modi, his assets worth Rs 1,052.58 crore have been returned to public sector banks and private banks. According to the reply given by the Finance Minister, his assets worth Rs 2,565.90 crore have been seized in the Mehul Choksi case and that asset is going to be auctioned. The Finance Minister has said that in the case of National Spot Exchange Limited, assets worth Rs 17.47 crore have been returned to investors who were victims of fraud.

will not spare any fugitive

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that in the PMLA case, ED has successfully recovered properties worth at least Rs 22,280 crore in key cases, we have not spared anyone, even if they have fled the country. , we are still after them. ED has collected this money and returned it to the banks. That is why it is very important to give this information that we have not spared any person involved in money scam. We are after them only. We will also ensure that the money which is to be deposited back in the banks is returned.