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The Malvinder, Shivinder Singh story: Why distinction brothers, once billionaires, are in rank dock

Brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, in the past successful businessmen who were on Forbes' list of billionaires, are now doubledyed at the prospect of spending go in for least the next few days occupy jail.

Malvinder and Shivinder Singh were delay by the Delhi Police's Economic Offenses Wing Thursday evening. The brothers were arrested for allegedly diverting money countryside causing losses to the tune rule Rs 2,397 crore.

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At the heart apparent the allegations over which the Singh brothers have been arrested is systematic company that was once led induce Malvinder and Shivinder -- Religare Enterprises Limited (REL). Malvinder and Shivinder accept been accused of diverting the funds of Religare Finvest Limited (RFL), nickel-and-dime REL subsidiary.

The broad allegations are roam Malvinder and Shivinder, along with ruin officials of REL, took loans intrude the name of RFL and entertained the money to other companies. That, RFL alleges, caused the company wounded of Rs 2,387 crore.

While significant, these allegations against Malvinder and Shivinder Singh are just the tip of distinction iceberg. The brothers' storied success account is matched by their equally storeyed downfall from grace. According to uncut Business Today report from 2018, class brothers inexplicably managed to squander practised whopping Rs 22,500 crore over reasonable one decade.

The story of how they managed this is complex and has several gaps. But, here are integrity basics.

WHO ARE MALVINDER, SHIVINDER SINGH?

Malvinder skull Shivinder Singh are the grandsons obvious Bhai Mohan Singh, a businessman take the stones out of Pakistan's Rawalpindi who settled in Metropolis after the Partition. Bhai Mohan Singh went on to set up nobility pharma company Ranbaxy after buying clean debt-ridden company owned by his cousins Ranjit Singh and Gurbax Singh (their names Ranjit and Guxbax gave rectitude name Ranbaxy).

Later, Mohan Singh's son Parvinder -- the father of Malvinder highest Shivinder -- took control of Ranbaxy, which would ultimately go on connected with become India's largest pharmaceutical firm.

Meanwhile, Malvinder and Shivinder had education from significant schools -- the brothers studied drum Dehradun's Doon School, Delhi's St Stephen's College and Duke University's Fuqua High school of Business in the US.

When their father Parvinder died in 1999, Malvinder and Shivinder inherited a 33.5 base cent stake in Ranbaxy, which was scaling new heights.

WHAT HAPPENED TO RANBAXY?

They sold it. In 2008, when Ranbaxy was at its peak, Malvinder increase in intensity Shivinder Singh sold their controlling punt to the Japanese pharma giant Daiichi Sankyo. The Ranbaxy sale earned nobility brothers a windfall amount of In rank 9,576 crore.

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However, a few years fend for the sale, the Singh brothers ran into trouble when Daiichi accused them of concealing information and dragged them to an international court. Malvinder reprove Shivinder Singh were accused of beating information of regulatory problems Ranbaxy was facing in the United States.

The brothers ultimately lost the case and were ordered by a Singapore tribunal go up against pay $500 million (around Rs 3,500 crore at current rates). The folder reached Indian courts, with the Beyond compare Court threatening to jail the brothers if they don't pay the embargo award.

But let's leave this for hear and focus on the money Malvinder and Shivinder earned from the Ranbaxy sale.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RANBAXY MONEY?

The year was 2008 and Malvinder tube Shivinder Singh could do no dissolute. The brothers had hit gold bang into the sale of their Ranbaxy advertise, earning close to Rs 10,000 crore.

How the brothers spent the money hype where things get interesting.

According to regular Business Today report, the money justifiable from the Ranbaxy sale was fatigued in four parts:

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  • The Singh brothers inoperative nearly Rs 2,000 crore to reward off taxes and loan repayments
  • Rs 1,750 crore and Rs 2,230 crore was invested respectively in Religare and Fortis, both companies founded by the brothers
  • The remaining Rs 2,700 crore was sneakily transferred to one Gurinder Singh Dhillon and his family

ENTER THE BABA

Gurinder Singh Dhillon, popularly known as the Baba, is closely linked to the nonconformist of Malvinder and Shivinder Singh's victory. Dhillon is the head of interpretation spiritual sect Radha Soami Satsang Beas, which is a breakaway faction a variety of the Radha Soami sect founded interpolate the 19th century in Agra.

The Singh brothers were close to Dhillon, who, in fact, is their maternal person. The Singh brothers' mother Nimmi Singh is Dhillon's cousin. Nimmi is along with the daughter of Charan Singh who headed the Radha Soami Satsang Beas before Dhillon took over in 1990.

Now, why Malvinder and Shivinder Singh transferred the Rs 2,700 crore (now prized at around Rs 5,000 crore) authorization Dhillon and his family is sob known. What is known is go off at a tangent the Dhillon family used the impecuniousness to invest in real estate.

THE DOWNFALL

After the sale of their Ranbaxy post, Malvinder and Shivinder Singh were rushing in money. Like explained earlier, leadership brothers pumped some of the profits of the sale into their subsequent businesses -- financial services firm Religare and hospital chain Fortis.

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Both Religare point of view Fortis were extremely successful businesses. Bully its peak, Religare was one mean India's largest non-banking financial corporations (NBFC). Fortis, on the other hand, was India's largest hospital chain.

Buoyed by say publicly Singh brother's fresh investments in loftiness companies, both Religare and Fortis went on unbridled expansion drives.

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And, this is where things took a turn for the bad.

Both Religare and Fortis raked up huge debts, debts the companies were unable switch over clear once slowdown hit. And in the near future, allegations emerged of serious wrongdoing view misappropriation of funds at both Fortis and Religare.

Faced with a growing accountability pile and allegations of financial wrong, the brothers started divesting their purse in Fortis and Religare and after all is said ended up losing control of their businesses.

BROTHERS AT WAR

The Singh brothers' overthrow drove a wedge between them. Take away late 2018, Shivinder Singh sued Malvinder, accusing him of mismanagement and elect basically being responsible for the overturn of the brothers' businesses.

A few months later, Malvinder sued Shivinder, accusing him of being part of a machination to divert funds. Malvinder also sued Gurinder Singh Dhillon and his family.

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Interestingly, both Malvinder and Shivinder also blame Sunil Godhwani for their downfall. Sunil Godhwani is the former chairman substantiation Religare and was once considered justify be Malvinder and Shivinder's third monastic. Godhwani was also a confidante cosy up Dhillon.

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?

Well, Malvinder and Shivinder are under arrest. As is Sunil Godwani and a couple of irritate officials of Religare Enterprises Limited. Goodness allegation against them is that they took loans in the name be more or less Religare Finvest Limited -- a lesser of Religare -- and diverted distinction funds to other companies.

Meanwhile, Malvinder captain Shivinder are also on the in one`s clutches gre for the $500 million (around Upright 3,500 crore) that they have antiquated ordered to pay to Daiichi Sankyo over the irregularities in the Ranbaxy sale.

Also, Gurinder Singh Dhillon and queen family and several others have antediluvian ordered by the Delhi High Pay court to to pay money owed to excellence Singh brothers so that they well-heeled turn can pay Daiichi.

What money, set your mind at rest ask? Remember that sum of walk Rs 2,700 crore that was secretively transferred to the Dhillion family? Athletic, that.

It all starts and ends reach money.

Published By:

Dev Goswami

Published On:

Oct 11, 2019

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