The Indian government wrote

 "By taking my passport or arresting me, they are not getting any money," the newspaper quoted him as saying.. But we wish to settle at a reasonable number that we can afford and banks can justify on the basis of settlements done before," Mallya told the newspaper in London.An India-based spokesman for Mallya's UB Group said he had no further comment to make when contacted by Reuters.

The Indian government wrote to its British counterpart on Thursday seeking the deportation of the liquor tycoon and Formula 1 motor racing boss.4 billion owed by his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines Ltd."We have always been in dialogue with banks saying: 'We wish to settle'. The Indian government wrote to its British counterpart on Thursday seeking the deportation of the liquor tycoon and Formula 1 motor racing boss, who is the target of a non-bailable warrant in a money laundering investigation.Embattled tycoon Vijay Mallya wants a "reasonable" settlement with creditor banks to his defunct airline, he said in an interview in London published by the Financial Times on Friday.

"I am absolutely not guilty of any of these preposterous charges Electric Bike Brushless DC Motors Manufacturers of diverting funds from Kingfisher, buying properties or stuff like that," Mallya told the Financial Times.Mallya, 60, flew first class from Delhi to London on March 2 at a time when the Indian government and mainly state-controlled banks are trying to recover $1. Mallya said he was in "forced exile" and had no plans to leave Britain. He denied wrongdoing