New Delhi: As Vasundhara Oswal, daughter of Indian-origin Swiss billionaire Pankaj Oswal, continues to remain under detention in Uganda over murder charges, her family has released an audio recording of the last call made by her.
Vasundhara, the elder daughter of Pankaj Oswal, has already spent over 20 days in detention in Uganda after she was arrested without formal charges during a visit to a family business site on October 1.
Her family has termed her imprisonment “illegal” by claiming that the man she was accused of killing, a former employee of their sprawling business empire, has already been found alive in Tanzania.
‘They’re taking my phone’
In a Instagram post shared by Vasundhara Oswal’s account, her sister Ridi wrote, “My sister, Vasundhara Oswal, has been unjustly imprisoned in Uganda for over two and a half weeks, in a prison meant for those convicted of heinous crimes like murder. Yet, she remains behind bars without any evidence against her, and without any valid reason to hold her.”
Ridi also released an audio recording of Vasundhara’s last phone call before her phone was taken away from her.
“They’re taking my phone. They’re taking my phone,” the 26-year-old was heard screaming in distress, even as another voice protested this treatment.
The other person was heard saying, “She’s talking to her family, you cannot deny that. They cannot take your phone.”
Ridi Oswal claimed the audio was recorded when her sister was 90 hours into her detention in the East African country.
“You will hear an audio of how she was stripped of her freedom and denied a single phone call, even though she was being illegally held, this audio was taken when she was 90 hours in and had an unconditional release order,” she wrote on Instagram.
In an earlier post, Ridi had claimed that Ugandan authorities snatched her sister’s phone, causing her to have an anxiety attack. She also claimed that Vasundhara Oswal was kept in disgusting conditions and not allowed to contact her family or lawyers.
What are the Charges against Vasundhara Oswal?
Vasundhara is the daughter of Pankaj Oswal and his wife Radhika Oswal. Pankaj Oswal is the son of industrialist Abhay Kumar Oswal, founder of Oswal Agro Mills and Oswal Greentech. The Oswal Group Global is involved in the business of petrochemicals, real estate, fertilisers, and mining.
According to reports, Vasundhara was in Uganda as part of the Group’s $100 million investment to establish East Africa’s first grain-based Extra-Neutral Alcohol (ENA) production facility.
In an open letter to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Pankaj Oswal urged to restore her personal freedom, claiming the charges against his eldest daughter stemmed from a former employee taking a loan of $200,000 from the family. The former employee accused Vasundhara of kidnapping with intent to kill, but the billionaire Oswal family claims these charges are trumped up by the ex-employee to avoid paying the loan.
“The worst part – the man she has been accused of kidnapping and murdering, the one on whom this entire case is falsely based, was already found in Tanzania, in state custody, and awaits his own investigations there. When Tanzanian authorities apprehended him, he was found with his passport, clearly indicating that he was not kidnapped. And definitely isn’t murdered,” Ridi Oswal said in her Instagram post.
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