The government will investigate the allegations that lawyers working for Amazon in India have been accused of bribing officials. Government officials say that the information about the time of the bribe giving incident is not in the media report related to the giant US retailer. But the government has a 'zero-tolerance policy regarding corruption. On the other hand, Amazon has started an investigation against corruption under its zero-tolerance policy.
A media website has made public information about corruption against lawyers working in India for the legendary American retailer. The report states that the legal fees paid by the company by hiring an independent lawyer for its work were used to bribe government officials.
According to government officials, "Amazon has spent around Rs 8,500 crore in two years as legal fees. It's time to think about where the money is going. The whole system seems to be running on bribery. This is not a good way of doing business. He said this citing the public accounts of some companies of Amazon.
According to the report of media website MorningContext, Amazon has started an investigation against some of its Indian legal representatives. A whistleblower has accused him of bribing government officials in India. The company is said to have sent its senior corporate lawyer on leave.
Trader body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written to Union Minister Piyush Goyal demanding a CBI probe into the allegations. He says the allegations have dented the credibility of the government and are against the government's vision of eliminating corruption at every level.
The Competition Commission is already under investigation against Amazon for suppressing competition, unfairly keeping prices low on its marketplace, and favoring certain sellers. Apart from this, it has sued Future Group for a deal worth Rs 24,713 crore with Reliance Retail.
