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Scania Deal: Gadkari To Sue Swedish Media Houses Over Bribe Claims
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has decided to initiate legal actions against Swedish media houses, SVT and ZDF, for alleging his involvement in luxury bus deal. Recently, the media houses claimed that Swedish company Scania had given a bribe-like privilege to the minister in 2016 in order to secure the ethanol-run bus contract in Nagpur. However, denying any involvement, Gadkari discarded the accusations and called them "fabricated… read-more
Tags: Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari, Scania, SVT, ZDF
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Scania Admits Bribery For Indian Contracts; Indian Minister Involved
Investigations by news outlets have revealed that the Swedish automaker Scania's employees paid bribes to win bus contracts in seven Indian states during 2013-2016. Reportedly, the company had falsified truck models with fake chassis numbers and license plate and earned nearly $11.8 million by selling them to an Indian mining company. The investigative report by Swedish news channel SVT had revealed the involvement of an Indian Minister.
Tags: Sweden, Scania, Bribe, Sveriges Television
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