We have often seen people taking advantage of a noble person. In Zambia, the story of Dr. Rajan Mahtani and the Ventriglia family is no different. For almost a decade, the Italian Mafias have continuously troubled the former Chairman Finance Bank, Zambia with regard to the ownership of Portland Cement Zambia. They have constantly troubled everyone with their lie that Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani had copied signatures in the share transfer documents to steal the ownership of ZPC. Nevertheless, they have never been able to prove their lie and have lost the same case twice.

How can the Ventriglias lose the same case twice?

The Ventriglias decided to take the case to the court in 2012, where upon evidence and arguments it was declared that Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani was innocent and the matter shall not arise in the future. Nevertheless, the Italian Mafias resorted to the means of bribery and corruption to have this case reopened in June 2015. With the help of Attorney General and acting DPP, the Ventriglias got the case reopened and took another shot on the case. This time around, the Lusaka High Court Judge, Mwiinde Siavwapa concluded that a closed case cannot be reopened or reconsidered because presenting a different judgement than to what has been given by the earlier judge would mean disrespecting his seat.

Dr. Rajan Mahtani is, once again, a free man and the conspirators need to understand the fact that lies is cannot be used as an effective means to satisfy the hunger for money. The land of Zambia is pure and it is leaders like Dr. Mahtani who have taken the initiative to help his fellow brothers through creating offering employment opportunities in development projects. Conspiracy will soon meet its end and the people of Zambia will find a new hope under Zambezi Portland Cement Factory.