IL&FS asks 200 employee trust beneficiaries to refund Rs 250 crore
Business new tamfitronics NEW DELHI: Following a diktat from the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA), IL&FS has sought to recover Rs 250 crore from beneficiaries of its employee welfare trust, in what may be a first instance of its kind in the country.The move by the ministry followed a report by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), which concluded that the entity was allegedly used to park excess funds or profits and was subsequently used to facilitate payoffs and provide incentives to select employees.Some of the alleged “unjust payments” during 2006-07 to a select group of employees by the erstwhile management led by Ravi Parthasarthy, using the trust route, have been shared by SFIO with MCA, officials told TOI.Based on the report, MCA has identified around 200 beneficiaries of the IL&FS Employee Welfare Trust...