Vijay Mallya, the Indian liquor baron who is facing extradition to India over charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to as much as Rs. 9,000 crore, has made headlines again for all the wrong reasons. Mallya, who attended Formula One qualifying session at the Silverstone Grand Prix recently, bumped into West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and things went a little downhill from there on social media!
Now, the Gayle-Mallya relationship goes long back to when Gayle played in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team owned by Mallya. Hence, when the two met, a picture together was a given. Chris Gayle later took to Twitter to post their picture. Have a look:
Great to catch up with Big Boss @TheVijayMallya cheers 🥂 #RockStar 👌🏿 #F1 pic.twitter.com/cdi5X9XZ2I
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) July 13, 2019
What followed next was a massive trolling of Mallya by desi Twitter. From calling him a ‘chor’ to asking him to come back to India, netizens didn’t hold back from attacking the businessman!
Indian Intelligence Officials would love yo say the same thing 😂
— Ariya Das (@AriyaDas) July 13, 2019
Like u are the Universal Boss, he is our National chor, who has become Universal now.
— Bharat (@venkathrao) July 14, 2019
Please courier him to india. Your will get a million dollar atleast reward.
— Sampathkumar (@sampath_topc) July 13, 2019
"Mallya mera paisa de…"
— Ashish Mishra (@ktakshish) July 13, 2019
Beware of pickpockets
— SirCus (@SarCasm_Un) July 13, 2019
Don't share your account details with him and never make any transaction in front of him. And in case if he ask you emotionally for loan don't fall prey — Issued in @henrygayle interest😂😂😂
— citizens of India (@hiren_machhi) July 13, 2019
However, Vijay Mallya wouldn’t keep quiet and lashed back at the trolls for calling him a thief. In a comment below the picture, Mallya wrote:
For all those who saw my photo with the universe boss and my dear friend @henrygayle and commented, please pause and get your facts right about my being your CHOR. Ask your Banks why they are not taking 100 percent of the money I have been offering.
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) July 13, 2019
Netizens couldn’t keep calm and yet again subjected him to another round of trolling!
Tu chor. Tera bap chor. Tumhara poora khandaan chor. pic.twitter.com/9Vq5MPNF8z
— Rahul 🇮🇳 (@rahulpassi) July 14, 2019
How & why are you 'offering' NOW? Could have paid 'instalments' regularly to banks like an honest businessman, to avoid embarrassment. Instead, you disappeared. After all the rigmarole & court cases, offering to pay full is suspicious. Instead of "OFFERING", START "PAYING"
— M. S. Srinivasa Rao (@macharajarao) July 14, 2019
— Lord Voldemort (@Smart_Ladka) July 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/UCNCME7/status/1150258544962224128
https://twitter.com/udayan10/status/1150256341480402945
Banks: pic.twitter.com/gzgX1Ts5IO
— जॉन स्नो – 🚩 zone wale (@DefucktiveGuy) July 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/Prabhat28432285/status/1150253008027996160
Twitter can be really entertaining sometimes!