India, June 6 -- Businessman and fugitive Vijay Mallya, an accused in fraud and money laundering cases in India, recently attempted to set his record straight in a podcast where he opened up about the mountain of debt under his name.

In a rare public appearance, Mallya, in a podcast with YouTuber Raj Shamani, answered questions over the massive loan default and revealed the exact amount he had taken as a loan.

Challenging the Rs.9000 crore loan amount claims, Vijay Mallya mentioned that the debt recovery tribunal's recovery certificate showed a loan amount of nearly Rs.6,203 crore, 35 lakhs, including an interest of 11.5 per cent.

As per the clips from the podcast episode, the total debt was against four entities, including Kingfisher ...