New Delhi: Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Sanjay Bhandari are among 31 businesspersons who have absconded abroad after being named in scams or massive loan defaults, the Centre said on Wednesday.Giving this information to the Lok Sabha in a written reply, minister of state for external affairs M.J. Akbar confirmed that many businessmen had absconded after being named in scams and had settled in various countries.“As per the list provided by the Directorate of Enforcement, New Delhi, the following persons involved in cases under investigation by Directorate of Enforcement are reported to have absconded from India: (i) Mr. Vijay Mallya (ii) Mr. Jatin Mehta (iii) Mr. Lalit Modi (iv) Mr. Nirav Modi (v) Mr. Mehul Choksi (vi) Mr. Ritesh Jain (vii) Mr. Sanjay Bhandari (viii) Mr. Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara (ix) Mr. Chetan Jayantilal Sandesara (x) Mr. Dharminder Singh Anand (xi) Mr. Ashish Jobanputra (xii) Ms. Priti Jobanputra,” the minister said in his reply.Akbar said in addition to this, investigating agency CBI had also provided a list of businesspersons involved in CBI cases who had absconded abroad.“As per the list provided by the CBI, New Delhi, the businessmen absconding abroad in CBI cases are: (i) Mr. Vijay Mallya (ii) Mr. Soumit Jena (iii) Mr. Vijaykumar Revabhai Patel (iv) Mr. Sunil Ramesh Rupani (v) Mr. Pushpesh Kumar Baid (vi) Mr. Surender Singh (vii) Mr. Angad Singh (viii) Mr. Harsahib Singh (ix) Ms. Harleen Kaur (x) Mr. Ashish Jobanputra (xi) Mr. Jatin Mehta (xii) Mr. Nirav Modi (xiii) Mr. Neeshal Modi (xiv) Mrs. Ami Nirav Modi (xv) Mr. Mehul Choksi (xvi) Mr. Chetan Jayantilal Sandesara (xvii) Ms. Dipti Chetan Sandesara (xviii) Mr. Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara (xix) Mr. Sabhya Seth (xx) Mr. Nilesh Parrekh (xxi) Mr. Umesh Parekh (xxii) Mr. Sunny Kalra (xxiii) Ms. Aarti Kalra (xxiv) Mr. Sanjay Kalra (xxv) Mrs. Varsha Kalra (xxvi) Mr. Hemant Gandhi (xxvii) Mr. Ishwarbhai Bhat (xxviii) Mr. M.G. Chandrasakhar (xxix) Mr. Cheriya Vannarakkal Sudeer (xxx) Mr. Nausha Kadeejath and (xxxi) Mr. Cheriya Veettil Sadique,” he said.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has received extradition requests from the CBI with respect to Mallya, Jobanputra, Pushpesh Kumar Baid, Sanjay Kalra, Varsha Kalra and Arti Kalra, which have been sent to the foreign countries concerned for their consideration, he informed the House.Akbar said the extradition request from CBI in respect of Sunny Kalra was under process by the MEA.“As per the information provided by Ministry of Finance, the Government has decided to introduce the ‘Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018’ in the Parliament,” he said, adding that the Bill would help in laying down measures to deter fugitive economic offenders from evading the process of Indian law.The Bill, inter alia, provides for expeditious confiscation of proceeds of crime and properties of the fugitive economic offender with a view to making him submit to the jurisdiction of courts in India, he added.