Tatra Truck scam

Tatra Truck scam is a scam that came to light in 2012. Tatra is a truck manufacturing company based in the Czech Republic. The allegation is that the Tatra trucks were sold at a very high cost to the Indian army through an unusual route. Following is the flow in which the Tatra deal happened.

  • Tatra sold trucks first to a Hong Kong-based company called Venus Projects at a 35% discount. The company is the trading arm of Vectra Worldwide. If the deal had been made directly with India, the discount benefits would have been availed by the Indian army.
  • Further, the trucks were purchased by Tatra Sipox (UK) Ltd from Venus Projects. Tatra Sipox is another subsidiary of Vectra Worldwide.
  • Tatra Sipox sold the trucks to BEML, a company owned by the government of India, at an inflated price after adding the profit.
  • These trucks were then purchased by the Indian Army from BEML for a further 25 to 35 percent more.[1][2]

The Indian Army (original buyer) ended up purchasing the trucks for 100 to 120 percent more than the factory price.[3] Approximately INR 170 crores cash flow into an Indian company was being predicted in relation to this scam.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. Reetu (2014-08-27). "Tatra scam: Rs 750 crore siphoned off, CBI finds no evidence". oneindia.com. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  2. "TATRA TRUCK SCAM". www.indianmirror.com. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  3. "FAQ: All you wanted to know about the army-Tatra scam". Rediff. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  4. "Tatra trucks scam: Antony admitted VK Singh told him about bribe". Firstpost. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  5. "Tatra deal: ED probing Rs 170 crore cash inflow". The Economic Times. 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  6. "Rs 14-crore bribe offer to army chief exposes scam worth crores in Tatra trucks". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  7. Pioneer, The. "Tatra truck scam: CBI gears up to finalise chargesheet". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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