Indian liquor baron and the erstwhile aviation magnate Vijay Mallya, who owes an estimated $1.3 billion to several banks in India in relation to his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, has left the country, the Indian government informed the Supreme Court Wednesday. According to local media reports, a group of 17 banks — most of them state-run — that asked the top court to stop him from leaving, was told that the 60-year-old billionaire had departed on March 2.
