The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday requested the Delhi passport office to revoke businessman Vijay Mallya's passport after he failed to appear before the agency last week in a Rs 900 core money laundering case connected with a IDBI bank loan.


The ED had summoned Mallya for the third time to record his statement in the case on April 9, but he failed to appear before it.


Mallya had communicated to the ED via email asking them to exempt him from personal appearance till May end, citing his ongoing court cases and his negotiation with banks. But ED refused to consider his request.

The ED is also mulling to approach a court to issue arrest warrant against Mallya.


Recently, a consortium of 17 banks (including IDBI), led by the State Bank of India, approached the Supreme Court against Mallya who owes more than Rs 9,000 crores to them.


Pic: Vijay Mallya hugs Rajasthan Royals co-owner Shilpa Shetty at an IPL Nights after-party in Bangalore in 2010.