Johannesburg – South Africa’s chief prosecutor on Thursday declared Ajay Gupta, one of the three Gupta brothers accused of corrupt links to ousted president Jacob Zuma, a “fugitive from justice”.
The declaration comes after Ajay failed to hand himself over to the police.
“I’ve been adviced by my prosecuting team that Ajay Gupta is a fugitive from justice,” Shaun Abrahams, head of the National Prosecuting Authority said.
He did not provide further details.
Meanwhile, a regional court in South Africa had granted bail to seven suspects accused of being part of a corruption scandal involving the wealthy Indian Gupta family, and linked to Zuma.
The suspects are accused of money laundering and fraud through a company, Estina, owned by the Gupta family.
Estina took over the management of a small-scale dairy farm in South Africa’s Free State province, which…
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