The Gupta family has denied that Ajay Gupta "lied" in an interview with journalist Stephen Grootes. "The rights of Ajay Gupta are reserved and appropriate steps will be taken against Grootes in the appropriate forum," the family said in a statement. "Grootes is also invited to substantiate his false, defamatory claim." This follows an opinion piece written by Grootes earlier this week, where he alleged that Ajay Gupta "lied" "several times" in an interview nine months ago. Details of the interview, arranged through the Guptas’ UK-based public relations firm Bell Pottinger, have just come to light. Grootes said he never had the opportunity to broadcast the interview and was disappointed when was not allowed to talk about it. The video of the interview leaked on YouTube this week, allowing Grootes to finally speak out about it. In an article headed "The interview I couldn’t publish until now", Grootes, described the interview, saying: "This was a tough interview, I threw everything I ...
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