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Gupta lawyer slams 'incomprehensible' Eskom and SIU summons for R3.8bn

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The Gupta family has slammed a bid by Eskom and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to sue them for R3.8bn, which the power utility claims was illegally diverted to help them buy Optimum Coal, as a “national embarrassment waiting to happen”.

Brothers Ajay and Atul Gupta have criticised a bid to sue them for billions which were allegedly illegally diverted to help them buy Optimum Coal. File photo.The Gupta family has slammed a bid by Eskom and the Special Investigating Unit to sue them for R3.8bn, which the power utility claims was illegally diverted to help them buy Optimum Coal, as a “national embarrassment waiting to happen”.

“The allegations pleaded in this summons are legally incomprehensible. It is undoubtedly one of the worst-drafted legal documents I have ever seen,” Gupta family lawyer Rudi Krause told

 

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