WhistlePig Board Attempts to Oust Raj Bhakta

An internal power struggle has boiled over, and WhistlePig founder Raj Bhakta has been forcibly removed from the company. The local press is reporting two shareholders, Wilco Faessen, managing director for Barclays in New York, and Christopher Evison, who is the chief investment officer for the Santo Domingo family in Colombia (the second largest shareholder of SABMiller), accused Raj of "fraud and criminal activity."There are six board seats at WhistlePig: with 50% ownership, Raj has three seats, Wilco and Christopher