Vijay Mallya was arrested in London by Scotland Yard, and produced at a magistrate court. Mallya had no inkling that his arrest was imminent – hours before he was picked, Mallya was happily tweeting about the Bahrain Grand Prix. But Twitter was quick to react to his arrest.
Many people joked that given his team RCB’s performance, he really wouldn’t want to be back.
Virat Kohli's reaction after he heard about Vijay Mallya's arrest in London. pic.twitter.com/h1lbEfWp16
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheMountainBoy_/status/854274021218799621
https://twitter.com/Caped_Humor/status/854284940497768448
Some people felt that the banks – to whom he owes over Rs. 9,000 crore – would have mixed reactions to his arrival.
https://twitter.com/dhaval241086/status/854283044382846977
Vijay Mallya arrested in London; may soon be extradited to India.
SBI right now : pic.twitter.com/Ffr5RhOsAq
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 18, 2017
Given recent events, it’s not only Mallya who needed to be worried.
https://twitter.com/monicas004/status/854279625416900608
And the conspiracy theories began pretty quickly.
https://twitter.com/FrustIndian/status/854290357684588544
People had begun wondering what his incarceration would be like.
https://twitter.com/HumorMinistry/status/854289577338695680
And some felt that with this arrest, the Modi government had fulfilled a long-held promise.
https://twitter.com/bhak_sala/status/854288241092050944