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Force India boss Vijay Mallya arrested

Force India team principal and co-owner Vijay Mallya has been arrested in the UK following an extradition warrant from Indian authorities.

The warrant was issued in relation to accusations of fraud surrounding his failed Kingfisher Airlines company, which is reported to owe banks over a billion dollars. Mallya had his passport revoked by the Indian government last year and has been living in the UK in what he termed "forced exile" in an interview with the Financial Times last May.

He was arrested at a central London police station on Tuesday and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later in the day.