The committee wants members of the family, as well as associate Ashu Chawla, to face charges.
According to the Home Affairs Committee, Ajay Gupta’s naturalisation bid was fraudulent. The committee filled eNCA in on its recommendations that the Gupta family, as well as close family associate and Sahara Computers chief operations officer Ashu Chawla, should face charges for their alleged role in flouting the rules.
One allegation against Chawla is that he had a special relationship with the director of the foreign office coordination and support branch of the department of home affairs, Major Kobese, who allegedly helped the family flout visa regulations and obtain visas quickly. Evidence of these allegations was revealed in theFormer minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba told a press briefing in 2018 that Ajay Gupta obtained his permanent residency permit in 2008 and in 2013 applied for naturalisation.
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