Business tycoon Vijay Mallya has sought time till early April to respond to summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate. The agency had issued summons to Mallya in a money laundering case.
Mallya had been asked by the ED to appear before it on March 18.
At least six banks had responded after the agency sought their cooperation in sharing the details of loans extended by them to Mallya for business activities.
Earlier, Mallya had reportedly not made any communication to the investigating officer of the case with regard to the 'in person' summons sent to him sometime back. The case is being probed under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
An action for revocation of Mallya's passports, both regular and diplomatic, would be taken as and when that is required, officials had said.
The central agency is also looking for details of overseas and domestic assets of Mallya and his company officials, in coordination with central security agencies and the CBI.
ED has already questioned two senior officials in the money laundering case, former Chief Financial Officer of the airlines A Raghunathan and former United Breweries Chief Financial Officer Ravi Nedungadi along with few other people accused in the case.
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