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Owner of controversial $20 million 'sky mansion' built on top of 400ft skyscraper has never been in it

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Published 15:07 29 Mar 2024 GMT

Owner of controversial $20 million 'sky mansion' built on top of 400ft skyscraper has never been in it

The owner of an impressive mansion atop a skyscraper is yet to actually see the property in person.

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@sriharikaranth

Topics: News, World News, Property

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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The stunning structure fits perfectly atop an apartment block.

Have you seen your mansion in real life? Of course you have, who spends millions on a mansion and doesn’t take the time to stay in it?

Well, the owner of the property built atop a skyscraper, some 400ft above UB City the business district of Bengaluru, India, hasn’t even visited his.

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The incredible structure fits right in perfectly as if it was built in the countryside. It features an infinity pool, a helipad and a surrounding deck. Basically looks exactly how you would expect a billionaires home to look like.

Businessman Vijay Mallya has reportedly never seen the building in real life. Unbelievable.

If that wasn’t bad enough, on a more serious note, the Indian government is reportedly trying to get him to face charges of financial crimes.

In 2016, Mallya fled India after he defaulted on debts worth more than $1 billion. He is also facing charges for fraud.

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It emerged that he had been accused of defrauding a consortium of national banks, while diamond magnate Nirav Modi was accused of defrauding the state-owned Punjab National Bank. So, both fled the country.

Instagram/@sriharikaranth

Now, Mallya, who made his fortune with the popular Kingfisher brand of beer as well as Formula 1 and aviation, has taken refuge in the UK.

There he remains despite strenuous efforts by India to extradite him.

Irfan Razack, the chairman of Prestige Estates Projects, which is part of the joint project to construct the tower, spoke about the challenges they have faced in its construction.

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He said: “It was a challenge to construct the mansion on a huge cantilever at that height, but we have ensured we build it exactly the way it was conceived. It’s a complex structure and the finishing work is going on.

“We will finish the project as per contract and hand it over."

However, Mallya may never be able to return to India to claim the 'sky mansion'.

Instagram/@sriharikaranth

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In 2022, the so-called 'king of good times' was handed a jail sentence of four months for disobeying an earlier court judgement regarding the collapse of his airline, Kingfisher Airlines.

The airline had been India's largest domestic carrier before its collapse.

Mallya will have to be extradited to India in order to face this sentence, as well as the fraud charges.

In the meantime, the sky mansion will remain unoccupied.

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