ED raid on edutech unicorn Byju’s in Bengaluru
The Hindu
A statement by the ED revealed that ₹28,000 crore of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the company, and ₹9,754 crore overseas direct investment by the company are under the scanner.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) searched the premises of Think & Learn Private Limited, which runs the online private education portal Byju’s, in Bengaluru on April 29.
The ED raided two business premises linked to the company and one residential property linked to Byju’s founder Raveendran Byju in Bengaluru under provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
A statement by the ED revealed that ₹28,000 crore of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the company, and ₹9,754 crore overseas direct investment by the company are under the scanner.
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According to the ED statement: The search revealed that the company received Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of ₹28,000 crore from 2011 to 2023. Further, the company has remitted ₹9,754 crore to various foreign jurisdictions during the same period, in the name of overseas direct investment. The company has booked around ₹944 crore as advertisement and marketing expenses, which included amounts remitted to foreign jurisdictions. The company has not prepared its financial statements since the financial year 2020-21, and has not got the accounts audited, which is mandatory. Hence, the genuineness of the figures provided by the company are being cross-examined from the banks.
The investigation against the platform was initiated on the basis of complaints from various individuals. Though the ED has summoned the company’s founder and CEO Raveendran Byju multiple times, ‘he always remained evasive and never appeared during the investigation’.
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