Ashok Leyland Being Probed For Sale Of Vehicles Violating Pollution Norms

Wednesday, 30 November 2022newsdesk

In an alleged scam of Rs 38 crore, leading commercial-vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland has come under investigation by central agency ED for sale of trucks that violated anti-pollution norms mandated by the Supreme Court.

New Delhi, 30 November 2022

As per news report of NDTV, the agency has also attached assets worth Rs.22 crore belonging to the buyers — a former MLA of the Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, JC Prabhakar Reddy, and his family members and associates — who have already been questioned over the past few months. The main charge is that even after the sale/registration of vehicles that did not meet the then-latest BS-4 norms was banned from April 1, 2017, two companies — Diwakar Road Lines and Jatadhara Industries — bought some BS-3 trucks from Ashok Leyland as scrap.

Source - NDTV