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 Wednesday as Shivinder was trying to disrupt the board meeting of a group company, Prius Real Estate, which he claimed has lent around Rs 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."
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."
"Angered on seeing him there", he added, "Malvinder attempted to forcibly restrain me and pinned me to the wall choking me. I tried to push him away in self-defense."
Earlier, showing off a bruise on his forearm, Malvinder said, "He (Shivinder) injured me here. He broke this button and he gave me a bruise here, he bruised me here. He kept threatening me and refused to budge until the team here separated him from me."
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