new delhi a defiant vijay mallya who is facing money laundering charges in multicrore fraud case in india on wednesday claimed that he met the finance minster before leaving the countryspeaking outside a london court mallya said i left because i had a scheduled meeting in geneva i met the finance minister before i left repeated my offer to settle with the banks that is the trutharun jaitley was the finance minister when mallya left india in march 2016 he is also the current finance ministeri have said before that i am a political football there is nothing that i can do about it my conscience is clear and i put almost rs 15000 crore worth of assets on the table of the karnataka high court he told reporters while having a cigarette during the lunch break during the hearing for his ongoing extradition case at westminster magistrates courtthe 62yearold former kingfisher airline boss who has been on bail on an extradition warrant since his arrest in april last year responded to the swarm of reporters gathered outside the court in his characteristic manner saying the courts will decideearlier in the day mallya said that he had made a comprehensive settlement offer before the karnataka hc that will help in paying off all his duesaccording to mallya he and the united breweries group ubhl have filed an application in the karnataka hc on june 22 2018 setting out available assets of approximately rs 13900 crore they have asked the court for permission to allow the sale of assets under judicial supervision and repay creditors including the public sector banks psbs such amounts as may be directed and determined by the courtthe extradition trial which opened at the london court on december 4 last year is aimed at laying out a prima facie case of fraud against mallyait also seeks to prove there are no bars to extradition and that the tycoon is assured a fair trial in india over his nowdefunct kingfisher airlines alleged default of over rs 9000 crore in loans from a consortium of indian bankswith inputs from agenciesread the story in bengaliwatch vijay mallya says he met fm arun jaitley before he left india