Family row erupts at Sona Comstar after Kapur's death

Just a month after Sona Comstar chairperson Sunjay Kapur died in London, a family dispute has erupted over the inheritance of one of India's leading auto component makers.

- Nehal Chaliawala & Ayaan Kartik

Citing a 2015 will, Sunjay's mother Rani Kapur has claimed to be the sole beneficiary of the estate of her late husband and company founder Surinder Kapur. In a letter to the Sona Comstar board, she claimed that she was coerced into signing certain documents without revealing their content by individuals she did not name.

In her 24 July letter, Rani Kapur called for deferring the company's annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled for the next day. She expressed concern that certain individuals would be appointed to the Sona Comstar board as nominees of the Kapur family without her consent.

However, the AGM was held, where Priya Sachdev Kapur, wife of late Sunjay Kapur, was appointed non-executive director.

Rani Kapur's letter said her son had died "under highly suspicious and unexplained circumstances", and while she was in mourning, "some people have chosen this as an opportune time to wrest control and usurp the family legacy".