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Rich list: Mining magnate sees fortune soar after massacre of protesters
Anil Agarwal wins the Entrepreneur of the year Award at the 2016 British Asian Awards

A MINING magnate has seen his fortune soar by £8 billion since a massacre of protesters outside one of his smelters last year.

Analysis by the Star of the Sunday Times’s new Rich List highlighted London-based Anil Agarwal as one of the highest risers among Britain’s 1,000 top toffs, rocketing 62 places to finish in 12th position with a net worth of over £10bn.

The latest league table of Britain’s super-rich has angered Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who called it “a stark reminder of the grotesque inequality that scars our society.”

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