Daijiworld Media Network-Madikeri (RJP)
Madikeri, Jun 14: Vijay Mallya, 'King of good times' then and now a fugitive wanted by Indian agencies for not paying the loans taken from Indian banks to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore, had secretly sold his coffee estates in Madikeri before Enforcement Directorate (ED) could take initiative to attach them.
Mallya sold three coffee plantations measuring 3 acres, 127 acres and 106 acres for Rs 18 lac, Rs 35 crore and Rs 77 crore respectively. The buyer was businessman Alake Janardhana Shetty from Mangaluru.
ED which has taken possession of most of the assets owned by Mallya learned this fact very recently to its embarrassment.
A total of 236 acres have been registered in the name of Shetty. The sale transactions were done in January this year before ED could act in the direction of attaching Mallya’s properties.
It is said that Mallya owned 388.74 acres of coffee estates. Only a part of it remains with him now, as per reports. The ED has recently taken possession of 28 acres and documents related to them.