Vijay Mallya who is currently absconding from India and is seeking refuge in UK, courtesy his citizenship of the European nation, was spotted over the weekend during a book launch ceremony in London. The ceremony assumes significance for multiple reasons. Mallya who left India in early March this year was spotted at a public function for the first time since his departure. The book launch event of Indian author Suhel Seth was jointly hosted by London School of Economics (LSE) and Indian High Commission in UK. The event also becomes significant as Indian High Commissioner to UK, Navtej Sarna was one of the speakers at the launch. Both LSE and Indian High Commission claim that Mallya was not on their respective invitee list. Mallya has himself has gone on record stating that he never gate crashed the event, something which he has never done in his life and that the author is his “ friend ”, suggesting he was “ invited ”. Whether he was really on the invitee list or did he gate cras...
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