The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has also written a letter to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, seeking initiation of a CBI probe into alleged bribery by e-commerce giant Amazon.
Small traders’ organization CAIT has written a letter to Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal demanding suspension of e-commerce website Amazon. This demand has been made in view of the allegations of some Amazon employees allegedly feeding bribes to government officials in India.
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has also written a letter to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, seeking initiation of a CBI probe into alleged bribery by e-commerce giant Amazon.
Demand for CBI inquiry
The organization said that Amazon should be ordered to shut down its e-commerce site and suspend all activities related to it till the investigation is done. The organization said, ‘This matter is very serious and sensational. Our demand is that till this CBI investigation is not done, Amazon should be ordered to suspend its e-commerce portal and stop all other activities related to it.
what is the matter
In fact, there have been reports in the media that a legal representative of Amazon has been found involved in bribery. There are allegations that he got various regulatory approvals in India by paying bribes.
According to a report in ‘The Morning Context’, Amazon has launched an investigation against some of its legal representatives for allegedly bribing Indian government officials. According to reports, he has sent his senior corporate lawyer on leave in this regard.
what the company said
After this news came to the fore, Amazon has started an internal investigation and it is being told that the said senior employee has been sent on leave. Issuing a statement on this, Amazon had said on Monday that corruption in the company will not be tolerated at all and all necessary steps will be taken.
