The order marks the end of the NPA’s case to seize Optimum assets on the grounds that the Gupta-owned Tegeta Resources bought it with the proceeds of crime in 2016.
Former McKinsey & Co partner Vikas Sagar, Gupta enterprise kingpin Salim Essa and longtime Gupta enterprise employee Ashok Narayan are not off the hook and they officially remain suspects wanted on criminal charges relating to an advisory contract linked to Transnet’s acquisition of locomotives.