17 February,2018 10:37 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh has been slapped with a '5,000-crore defamation notice for making "false, distorted and malicious insinuations" against the Reliance Group.
The notice by the Reliance Group of companies sent to the AAP leader refers to Singh's February 13 press briefing in which he had raised "issues" regarding the purchase of 36 Rafael fighter jets from France in a government-to-government contract.
It said the press briefing contained statements about the group that are "per se defamatory and constitute serious libel". The business group, it said, had "been seriously defamed and suffered considerable damage to their reputation and goodwill".
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"Our clients reserve the rights to claim damages which at present they estimate at '5,000 crore. The press briefing has grossly affected the image of our clients," said the notice.
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