Vijay Mallya has said that the reported interview with The Sunday Guardian, the UK daily, is a total fake and he never said that the time is not 'right' for him to get back to India. It is known that the liquor baron left India in March first week, even before the activation of probe against him for defaulting over  Rs.9000 crore loan.

On his official  Twitter page, Mallya tweeted as, “Shocked to see Sunday Guardian’s claim that I exchanged mails with them from my proton mail account. Have never heard of proton mail before. Sunday Guardian’s claim that I wrote to them from my so called proton mail account to the reporters proton mail account is a total fake.”

“Never ever had nor do I have a proton mail e-mail account. As I said earlier, I have never ever heard of proton mail,” he added.

However, according to media reports, The Sunday Guardian came out with the email exchange with business tycoon. This e-mail exchange is supposed to contain the matter as reported by the newspaper. The paper is standing by its interview, releasing e-mails.

According to the website of the newspaper, “The Sunday Guardian stands by its interview of Mr Vijay Mallya. This was given to the newspaper on 12 March 2016. Mr. Mallya personally responded to our email questionnaire from his encrypted email id: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. This id was confirmed to us by his legal counsel’s office on 8 March. To a questionnaire sent to Mr Mallya on 10 March, he replied via email on 12 March.”

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The daily added that Mr Mallya has sought to keep distance from the interview for reasons that are not very clear. The paper said that it stands by the report and mentioned about the attachment of the email trial.

Sumana