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Ke­jan Haynes

Shelly Dass has de­nied wrong­do­ing or po­lit­i­cal nepo­tism in her hir­ing as a con­sul­tant at the Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny, and has ini­ti­at­ed pre-ac­tion le­gal steps over what she says are defam­a­to­ry claims pub­lished about her earn­ings.

In a pre-ac­tion pro­to­col let­ter be­fore claim, is­sued by her at­tor­neys and in­struct­ing Se­nior Coun­sel Ramesh L Ma­haraj, Dass sig­nalled her in­ten­tion to pur­sue defama­tion pro­ceed­ings against the pub­lish­er, ex­ec­u­tives and a re­porter of the Dai­ly Ex­press over a front-page ar­ti­cle pub­lished on Tues­day.