rediff.com
rediff.com
News
      HOME | NEWS | PTI | REPORT
Thursday
November 14, 2002
2211 IST

NEWSLINKS
US EDITION
SOUTH ASIA
COLUMNISTS
DIARY
SPECIALS
INTERVIEWS
CAPITAL BUZZ
REDIFF POLL
DEAR REDIFF
THE STATES
ELECTIONS
ARCHIVES
SEARCH REDIFF








 Click for confirmed
 seats to India!



 Is your Company
 registered?



 Spaced Out ?
 Click Here!



 Secrets every
 mother should
 know



 Rediff NRI
 Finance
 Click here!


 Search the Internet
         Tips

E-Mail this report to a friend
Print this page Best Printed on HP Laserjets


Bid on NRI industrialist's
life in Moscow

An NRI industrialist Sudheer Gupta on Tuesday night escaped a possible assassination bid in Moscow when some unidentified gunmen shot and killed his Russian driver.

The assassins shot at the driver through the tinted glasses of Gupta's Mercedes car in what police termed as a case of 'mistaken identity', Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported on Thursday.

Gupta runs a business that included production of fruit juices, vodka, tea packaging and trading.

Since 1996, Gupta's Singapore-based Amtel Group, which has set up a large production and distribution network, is said to have taken control of Russia's tyre industry after it acquired stakes in almost all of the plants producing soot, a key component in automobile tyre production.

According to the Gazeta, so far Amtel Group has had a clean record and was not found involved any of the usual scandals, though there can be no doubt that such a successful company would certainly have rivals.

Amtel was the first company owned by an NRI to establish its brand in the Russian market associated with high quality products.

So far, Amtel officials have not made any comment on the incident.

Back to top
(c) Copyright 2002 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.

Tell us what you think of this report

ADVERTISEMENT      
NEWS | MONEY | SPORTS | MOVIES | CHAT | CRICKET | SEARCH
ASTROLOGY | CONTESTS | E-CARDS | NEWSLINKS | ROMANCE | WOMEN | TRAVEL
SHOPPING | BOOKS | MUSIC | PERSONAL HOMEPAGES | FREE EMAIL| MESSENGER | FEEDBACK