n
Key Points
nNira Radia, whonis now legally Niira Radia, is one of the most controversial personalities ofnIndia in the 21st Century. On the social media, her name keepsngetting mentions. She has become a ‘tool’ to attack some of the most famousnIndian journalists, like Barkha Dutt and others. Radia Gate is a term whichnfrightens lots of influential people of India. The credit must be given to thengreat Late Vinod Mehta for publishing ‘Radia Tape’.
n
n
n
nAfter gettingnavalanche of failures from lots of business interests in the UK, Niira decidednto return to India. But, she was having a different mood on this land. She wasnwell aware of the corruption going on. She started to make networks, and withinnfive years, she was quite rich and highly influential. She had transformednherself as a powerful lobbyist. Even a politician looking for a preferredncabinet ministry used to contact her.
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nHusband of NiiranRadia
n
nThere is verynlittle information in the public domain about the exact status of the personalnlife Niira Radia.
n
n
n
nOne thing is fornsure that this ambitious lady had first started a company in London with hernhusband Janak Radia. The name of the company was Travel Networks Ltd. Thencompany couldn’t make any impact and had to be closed. Later, she started lotsnof other companies with Janaak and surprisingly all of them were a failure. Shengot separated from Janak and come to India in 1995.
n
n
n
nHere during anbusiness meeting, she came in contact with Senior Sahara Airlines executive RaonDheeraj Singh. She got attracted towards Dheeraj and asked him to join her fornsome business works regarding a hotel. Dheeraj was then married to Anjum.nHowever, soon it became clear to Anjum that Dheeraj is getting closer to Niira.nSoon, Dheeraj and Anjum got divorced. That gave free hand to Niira and shencalled three of her sons from London. All of her kids along with Dhiraj startednto live together.
n
nProfile of NiiranRadia
n
nNiira was bornnin 1960 to Sudesh and Iqbal Memon.
n
n
n
nNiira came tonIndia as a Liason Officer of the Sahara Group. Somehow, she had made closenrelations with Subrato Roy Sahaha while in London.
n
n
n
nSince then therenwas no looking back for Niira until The Outlook published the transcripts. Shenwas seen making big deals and even fixing cabinet posts. Her hand was quitenvisible in the infamous 2G scam. She was also heard talking with the thennChairman of the Tata Sons, Ratan Tata.
n
n
n
nShe has nowntaken back and decided to go slow. She had recently started a hospital innMathura. Surprisingly, Ratan Tata inaugurated this hospital.
n
n
n
