New Delhi: The enforcement directorate seized worth of 1.6 million euros property of Fugitive billionaire Vijay Mallya’s assets in France. The Enforcement Directorate in a statement on Friday said that, “On the request of Directorate of Enforcement (ED), a property of Vijay Mallya located at 32 Avenue FOCH, France has been seized by the French Authority. The value of the seized asset in France is 1.6 million euros (Rs 14 crore). Investigations revealed that a large amount was remitted abroad from the bank account of Kingfisher Airlines Ltd.”

The ED in the statement said it has so far attached assets worth ₹ 11,231 crore. The latest seizure of Mallya’s assets comes as India fights a legal battle to extradite him from the UK. The founder of now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines is wanted for defaulting on loans worth up to ₹ 9,000 crore.

Vijay Malya has been living in the UK since March 2016 and has been fighting his extradition to India. The 64-year-old’s extradition was ordered by a British court in May but has been delayed by a confidential legal matter initiated in the country, the government told the Supreme Court last month.