Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya faced much opposition from Indians when he turned up for the India vs Australia cricket match at Oval Cricket ground on Sunday. The people present at the ground, hooted Mallya with chants of “chor, chor (thief, thief).”

The crowd surrounded the liquor baron and chanted ‘Vijay Mallya chor hai’. ‘Chor, chor [thief, thief]’ was among the chants that could be heard from the crowds. When he for his response to the chants, he said, “I am just making sure my mother does not get hurt.”

#WATCH London, England: Vijay Mallya says, "I am making sure my mother doesn't get hurt", as crowd shouts "Chor hai" while he leaves from the Oval after the match between India and Australia. pic.twitter.com/ft1nTm5m0i — ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2019

Speaking to India Today TV, Vijay Mallya said, “What do you do if you get caught in the mayhem with your old mother.” The video of the incident showed someone from the crowd asking him to “be a man and apologise to the country”, Vijay Mallya responded with “yes, please do.”

Earlier in the day, Vijay Mallya’s son, Siddharth, posted a photo on his Instagram page where he is seen with his father with the stadium in the background.

Vijay Mallya, the 61-year-old chief of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, has been living in self-imposed exile in Britain since last year and is facing extradition proceedings in the UK courts.

This was not the first time Vijay Mallya was heckled by cricket fans whenever he came to watch a cricket match. In January 2017, Mallya was greeted with ‘chor, chor’ (thief, thief) as he arrived to watch the India vs South Africa Champions Trophy match at The Oval cricket ground.

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