From Saharanpur to Saxonwold: The incredible journey of the Gupta family

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The seizure of luxury properties used by the Gupta family, accused of playing a key role in state capture, have thrust the controversial family firmly back under the spotlight. The family wielded significant political influence during the years that Jacob Zuma was president of SA, infamously landing a commercial jet full of wedding guests at Waterkloof Air Force Base. But this was in stark contrast to their humble beginnings. In 2011 the Sunday Times sent a reporter to Saharanpur in India to trace those humble origins. This is what he discovered ...

BACK ROW: Vega, Rajesh’s wife, Arti, Atul’s wife, Chetali and Shubhangi SECOND ROW: The Gupta ’s sister, Achla, her husband, Anil, the Gupta ’s mother, Angoori, Ajay and his wife, Shivani THIRD ROW: Varun, Kamal Kant , Rajesh, Atul, and Sashank IN FRONT: Aman Kant, Srikant and Surya Kant.The seizure of luxury properties used by the Gupta family, accused of playing a key role in state capture, have thrust the controversial family firmly back under the spotlight.

Several window frames are in dire need of a coat of varnish. Old towels and two saris are draped over a wrought-iron balustrade. The brothers' uncle, Amarnath, 75, who is bedridden, and his wife, Sumitra, 74, still live in a modest flat in the building, which is owned by the Guptas. Amarnath's widowed daughter-in-law, Beena Gupta, 50, occupies a four-bedroom flat in the same building, with her three children.

And he ran five"co-operative" stores, earning commission on the sale of oil, rice, wheat flour and cornmeal to locals who qualified for government ration cards. Shiv Kumar was known for his generosity to the poor, often dishing out thousands of meals to the needy. They remain that way today: the Guptas' compound in Saxonwold is monitored by closed-circuit surveillance cameras.

Around this time the family sent Atul to China to investigate businesses there. Had it worked out, the Guptas would probably never have set foot in South Africa.

 

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