New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at several locations of Cadbury India Ltd, which is now known as Mondelez Foods Pvt Ltd.
The raids took place over a case it registered for alleged corruption and misrepresentation of facts to fraudulently avail area-based tax benefits in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh.
The FIR is an outcome of a preliminary enquiry registered by the agency, which showed that the company allegedly “paid bribes, misrepresented facts and manipulated records to fraudulently avail area-based exemption benefits (Central Excise and Income Tax) in Baddi,
Himachal Pradesh, knowing fully well that they were not entitled to avail area-based tax exemption benefits”, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.