Consumer body asks Govt to reject Vodafone Idea’s call for relief, seeks forensic audit

New Delhi: Telecom Watchdog, a consumer forum and an NGO, has written to the government seeking a forensic audit in Vodafone Idea (Vi) and asked it to reject the loss-making telco’s request for any kind of relief including deferment of payment of statutory dues, or raising tariffs by way of floor pricing.

In a letter to telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad dated July 3, the body said that the carrier’s inability to raise funds shows its mismanagement of affairs in terms of operation and financial management and that Vi is “misleading” the government with incorrect facts despite having financially sound promoters.