Montana rejects Martins’ Gupta version

FORMER Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) chief executive, Lucky Montana, has disputed Public Enterprises Deputy Minister Ben Martins’s version of a meeting with Tony Gupta at Martins’s official residence in Pretoria.

Martins attempted to free himself from damning allegations about his association with the Gupta family this week, but only opened himself to further scrutiny.

Answering questions about his closeness to the Gupta family at a press conference, Martins said his visit to the 2013 Indian food fair, held at the Guptas’ Saxonwold compound, was justified because it was a public event.