Gupta surrendered on Diwali,thinking ‘Gods will protect him’

Diwali for Rajat Gupta was dark but the Indian-American poster boy of Wall Street success felt it was auspicious to surrender on the day of the festival of lights,thinking that “Gods will protect him”. Gupta’s fall from grace came on the day India was celebrating Diwali.

“He believed it was auspicious to surrender on Diwali,” the Wall Street Journal quoted 62-year-old Gupta’s childhood friend Anand Julka as saying. Julka said he spoke recently with Gupta. “He (Gupta) believes he is innocent and the gods will protect him if humans fail,” Julka said.