Won contract through bid: L&T
9 Sept 2017 10:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Saturday said it supplied Scania tipper trucks to Coal India arm BCCL after winning contract in 2013 and would respond to CBI, which filed a case against the company, if approached.
The CBI on Friday had filed a case against former CMD of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) T K Lahiry and other former senior officers of the company in the purchase scam of 100 tippers in 2013 at an "exorbitant cost" which allegedly resulted in wrongful gains of Rs 97 crore to Larsen and Toubro.
"L&T has become aware of this matter through media reports. In March 2013, as exclusive distributors of Scania Tipper Tucks in India, L&T had participated in an open tender process on behalf of Scania Commercial Vehicles India Limited for supply of 100 units of 35 Tonne type Tipper trucks to BCCL," the engineering conglomerate said in reply to the query in this regard.
It said L&T's bid was found to be the most competitive in price (L1) among a total of three bids, based on which an order was placed on L&T and Scania Commercial Vehicles India. "We will respond appropriately with all necessary facts when approached by any investigation agency," L&T said.
In its FIR, the CBI has also booked the then directors Ashok Sarkar, Dinesh Chandra Jha, General Managers A N Sahay, S K Panigrahi, Barain Sinha, G Upreti, A K Gangopadhyay, and Larsen and Toubro Pvt Ltd.
Next Story
