Banks get taken for a ride in FRL-Reliance deal + TruJet’s days are numbered

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Editor's note: Surendar here. As you read, lenders to the Future Group seem to have finally woken up for some last-minute bargaining even as the retailer’s deal with Reliance Industries is put to the vote. My question: What were they doing till now when what looked like a daylight robbery was taking place right under their noses? Separately, another company is trying hard to survive. But where Future has a deal that could still save it, TruJet has had no such luck so far. Read on.  Banks get short shrift in Future-Reliance deal For nearly two years, banks and other financial lenders who have collectively lent over Rs 28,000 crore to Future Group entities have been watching from the sidelines, in the hope that some of their debt will be repaid. They drew comfort from the fact that as India’s largest company, Reliance Industries, had inked a deal with Future to buy out its assets, there was little chance that their borrower would go under.  The story has had many twists and turns, including an as yet unfinished court battle with e-commerce …