CBI registers corruption case against Mondelez India and its former brass

First information report named 13 accused including Mondelez's former brass and ex-government officials

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Mondelez India, erstwhile Cadbury India and its former brass along with ex-officials of customs and excise department for criminal conspiracy and corruption, for allegedly bribing government officials to obtain licence and approvals for chocolate factory at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh in 2010. 

“An enquiry was conducted by the state capital Shimla branch on the allegations that the Mondelez Foods have paid bribes, misrepresented the facts and manipulated the records to fraudulently avail excise duty and even income-tax benefits,” said CBI in its first information report. 

For availing the same, executives, members of