Congress demands Supreme Court probe into Gujarat drug haul, Amazon bribery allegations

The Congress on Wednesday demanded a probe by a special commission of Supreme Court judges into the record heroin haul in Gujarat’s Kutch as it tried to corner the Central government on the issue. The main opposition party also targeted the government over reports that e-commerce firm Amazon is conducting an internal investigation into an allegation of bribing government officials in India by some of its legal representatives.

“It has now come out that Amazon had spent Rs 8,546 crore in legal fees over the last two years. India’s Law Ministry’s annual budget is Rs 1,100 crore. How can a company’s budget be almost Rs 9,000 crore in legal fees? It has now come out that this was money being given as a bribe.