Change In Lookout Circular Against Vijay Mallya Error In Judgement: CBI hindustantimes.com

The CBI said on Thursday that the change in a 2015 Lookout Circular (LoC) against liquor baron Vijay Mallya from “detain” to merely informing about his movements was an “error” in judgement because he was cooperating in the probe and there was no warrant against him.

Three years later, as the controversy surfaced again on Thursday, CBI sources said that when the first LoC was issued on October 12, 2015, Mallya was already abroad.

Upon his return the agency was asked by the Bureau of Immigration (BoI), if Mallya should be detained as sought in the LoC to which the CBI said there was no need to arrest or detain him as he was a sitting MP and there was no warrant against him, they said.