The latest feud between the Singh brothers — Malvinder and Shivinder — closes all options for a solution to work together, claimed the younger sibling after an assault accusation by the elder brother.

A day after elder brother Malvinder, in a video circulated on social media, accused his younger brother of assault and trying to disrupt the board meeting of group firm Prius Real Estate, Shivinder, on Friday, said, “This is false and a shameless attempt to cast doubt on my integrity.”

Shivinder said, “It has been clear to me for some time that Malvinder and I cannot work together. The gulf between our value systems is clearly too wide. This latest incident closes all options for any possible solution to work together.”

Malvinder had claimed the incident reportedly happened on Wednesday as Shivinder was trying to disrupt the board meeting of Prius Real Estate, which, he claimed, had lent around Rs 2,000 crore to companies owned by Gurinder Singh Dhillon and his family

Putting out his side of the incident, Shivinder said on December 5, he visited “our office for a scheduled extraordinary general meeting. On arriving, I was concerned to find out that one of the directors had left the ongoing board meeting due to unnecessary intimidating tactics being adopted by the (only) other board member, Malvinder’s relative”.

Shivinder said, “It appeared that Malvinder was trying to coerce some employees to video record statements under duress. Concerned for the well-being of the employees I entered the room to understand what was going on.”

“Angered on seeing him there,” he added, “Malvinder attempted to forcibly restrain me and pinned me to the wall choking me. I tried to push him away in self-defence.”

Shivinder said he even made a police complaint, which was later withdrawn following the intervention of the family to keep issues private.

Earlier, showing a bruise on his forearm, in a video posted on social media, Malvinder said, “Today is Dec. 5, 2018, a little after 6 pm, Shivinder Mohan Singh assaulted me at 55 Hanuman Road. He physically hit me. He hurt me.”

In September, Shivinder had filed a petition before the NCLT, alleging that collective and ongoing actions of Malvinder and ex-Religare chief Sunil Godhwani led to a systemic undermining of the interests of the companies and their shareholders.