Dr. Rajan Mahtani’s reputation is distinct from the rest of the Zambian businessmen due to his sheer transparent, ethical and straightforward business practices. As a result, unethical and scrupulous entities rarely mess with Dr. Mahtani or his businesses. Rumours and fake claims against Dr. Rajan Mahtani often die on their own due to lack of evidence or proof. However, Dr. Rajan Mahtani recently faced a unique case in which a fake claim against Dr. Rajan Mahtani started making rounds at the internet and significantly impacted the reputation and normal business proceedings, resulting in Dr. Rajan Mahtani taking the matters in his own hand.

A Facebook post was recently shared on the social media by Miriam Mwanawasa, the daughter of the late ex-President of Zambia Levy Mwanawasa. Dr. Rajan Mahtani had a long-standing, authentic and transparent friendship with the late Ex-President of Zambia and this friendship went way early even before Levy Mwanawasa became the Zambian President. As a result, the Facebook post shared by Miriam Mwanawasa resulted in significant media gossips. In this Facebook post, Miriam Mwanawasa claimed that Dr. Rajan Mahtani wanted to inherit the farmland at Masaiti district which is currently under the ownership of the Mwanawasa family. As a result of this ludicrous claim, Dr. Rajan Mahtani decided to take action in the form of a press release.

A press release statement was shared to the media on behalf of Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani. In this press statement, Dr. Rajan Mahtani stated that though he had maintained a transparent friendship with the late ex-President of Zambia, he never made any such claims, requests or pressurized the family. This claim was regarded as unethical and ludicrous considering the fact that Miriam Mwanawasa did not provide any evidence or proofs to support her claims. The very fact that this ludicrous message was posted on a social media site is confirmation that her intentions were only to malign the image of Dr. Rajan Mahtani. As such, legal actions will be taken against this post.