MUMBAI: A day after defending himself against a “near-hysterical” media campaign, Vijay Mallya was jolted by more bad news on Monday. A debt recovery tribunal (DRT) based in Bengaluru said Mallya can’t take the $75 million (Rs 500 crore) that Diageo paid him to walk away from United Spirits (USL) until a case that banks have filed over the recovery of Rs 7,000 crore in loans is decided.Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a money laundering case against him and others in connection with the alleged default of loans worth Rs 900 crore from IDBI Bank, PTI reported, citing officials. Both cases are related to loans given to the Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines , which stopped flying in October 2012.Also on Monday, the service tax department asked the Bombay High Court to impound Mallya’s passport as it considered him a flight risk, challenging bail granted to him by a lower court. Mallya, a non-resident Indian based mostly in the UK, owes Rs 370 crore, according to the department.Ahappy State Bank of India chief welcomed the DRT ruling. “We are pleased with the judgement. We will continue to use all legal means to recover the dues,” Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya told ET.The Mallya-run UB Group’s spokesperson Sumanto Bhattacharya declined to comment. Mallya did not respond to an email seeking comment.ET was the first to report on February 27 that the banks may seek recompense from his settlement with Diageo. The DRT ruled in favour of creditors led by State Bank of India that said they had the “first right” to the money.Under the deal announced on February 25, Diageo unit USL will pay $75 million to Mallya over the next five years starting with $40 million in the first year.“This (the DRT decision) may put greater pressure on Mallya to come for a settlement. Also, it will set a good precedent for other defaulters that banks are no longer taking it easy,” said an executive at a large public sector bank which has a Rs 1,000-crore exposure to Kingfisher. “Also, it should help erase the public perception that banks are always after small borrowers and big borrowers are left untouched.”In his statement on Sunday, Mallya had said the media’s portrayal of him was an unfair attack on his reputation, especially when there were others who owed more than he did.“Personally, I am not a borrower or a judgement defaulter. Despite pledging blue-chip securities and depositing significant amounts in court, a successful disinformation campaign has ensured my becoming the poster boy of all bank NPAs (non-performing assets),” Mallya said.“In fact, banks have NPAs of Rs 11lakh crore and have borrowers who owe much more than the amount allegedly owed by Kingfisher Airlines to the banks — a fact never alluded to or widely reported by the media as in my case.”Mallya, who has cultivated a flamboyant public persona over the years, is well known for having hosted lavish parties, owned an Indian Premier League cricket team and held a stake in a Formula 1 team. Without naming him, even Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan took a swipe when he spoke of businessmen who owe banks large amounts money holding “massive birthday bashes”.RBI has been the prime mover of a vast bad loan clean-up exercise at banks. Almost all of them declared poor earnings in the third quarter as they set aside money to cover rotten assets at RBI’s prodding.Mallya said he’d been seeking “a one-time settlement with the banks, and to that end I have had three meetings and follow-up calls in the recent past and my efforts will continue — this settlement would be based on additional payments to the banks”.He said he was being unfairly pilloried. “The past few days have witnessed a near-hysterical campaign in the media directed against me,” Mallya said. “Recognising that the media was indulging in sensationalism, I thought it was best to let the drama play out — never spoil a sensational story with the truth.”He rejected accusations of wrongdoing. “All the enquiries conducted have failed to find any evidence of misappropriation of funds by Kingfisher Airlines or myself — for the simple reason that the allegations and the innuendo to this effect is plainly false,” he said.ED’s charges were based on a first information report registered last year by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the case, PTI reported, citing officials.“Mallya and others will soon be questioned. The agency has collected relevant documents from authorities concerned and the bank in question,” they said.ED has pressed charges under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Mallya and others named in the CBI complaint.USL had sought Mallya’s resignation as chairman after an internal inquiry allegedly said he diverted funds to other companies under his control. Mallya has denied any wrongdoing.