Shivinder: All options to work together now closed

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New Delhi, Dec. 7: As the feuding former Fortis and Ranbaxy promoters — the Singh brothers — reportedly came to blows, younger brother Shivinder Singh Friday said the latest incident closes all options for any possible solution to work together with his elder sibling, Malvinder Singh.

In the latest twist to their fight, Malvinder Singh in a video circulated on social media had claimed that he was hit by Shivinder.

The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday as Shivinder was trying to disrupt the board meeting of a group company, Prius Real Estate, which he claimed has lent around ` 2,000 crore to companies owned by Gurinder Singh Dhillon and his family.

The younger brother, in a statement denied the claim stating, “This is false and a shameless attempt to cast doubt on my integrity.”

Shivinder further said, “It has been clear to me for some time that Malvinder and I cannot work together. The gulf between our value systems is clearly too wide. This latest incident closes all options for any possible solution to work together.”

Putting out his side of the incident, Shivinder said December 5, he visited “our office for a scheduled extraordinary general meeting ( EGM). On arriving, I was concerned to find out that one of the directors had left the ongoing board meeting due to unnecessary intimidating tactics being adopted by the ( only) other board member, Malvinder’s relative”.

Shivinder further said, “it appeared that Malvinder was trying to coerce some employees to video record statements under duress. Concerned for the well- being of the employees I entered the room to understand what was going on.”