External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, today, addressed the media about four years of Modi government. Responding to a reporter's question about Vijay Mallya, Sushma Swaraj told the media that India is continuously pursuing legal options.

Sushma Swaraj said that when PM Modi met British PM Theresa May he told her that the jails in India are the same jails that Britishers used to imprison Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Sushma told the reporters that PM Modi met Theresa May during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

Britian is not the first country to question the conditions of India jails.

Convicted gangster Abu Salem, who was charged for the 1993 serial blasts, had made a similar plea in a Portugal court in an attempt to delay his extradition to India.

Vijay Mallya made a similar appeal stating that jails in India are over-crowded with poor hygiene.

While PM Modi's jibe at the British PM is being widely discussed, both India and UK are all set to hold a Home Dialogue which will take place in the national captial on Wednesday. The meeting from the Indian side will be led by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, with top officials from the British Home Department.

MHA sources confirmed that the third Home Affairs Dialogue will take place with top officials of both sides attending the meet.

A preparatory meet regarding the same was held on May 8.

Incidentally, state jails, though operated by the state government, function under the guidelines issued by MHA's Bureau of Police Research and Development and the "Model Prison Manual".

In the past, both India and UK have discussed the issue of extradition of wanted persons. The process have so far involved matters of extradition and the need to further improve them.

With a political storm brewing over the escape of 62-year-old Vijay Mallya, the issue of his extradition has been raised by the Home department. According to Swaraj, the issue was discussed by the two head of states when they met in London in April on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

The development comes at a time when India is seeking UK's help in early extradition of liquor tycoon from Britain. Mallya is wanted in connection with cases of fraud and money laundering amounting to around Rs 9,000 crore.

In earlier two meetings, India and the UK have signed two agreements on return of Indians, who are living in Britain as illegal migrants, and sharing criminal records and intelligence.

India is also likely to raise the issue of information on Sikh terrorism. UK citizen Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested in Punjab last November. The 31-year-old is one of the 10 accused of being involved in the murder of Hindu nationalist leader Ravinder Gosain who was shot dead in October last year.

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