Kerala orders probe as Byju’s closes its office, sacks staff

Edtech major Byju’s has allegedly closed its Technopark office in Thiruvananthapuram and forced all its employees there to resign. Kerala general education and labour minister V Sivankutty said the government will investigate the matter.

“Employees of Byju’s app had come to meet me along with the officials of Prathidhwani, an IT employees’ welfare organisation at Technopark,” Sivankutty wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. “The employees have many grievances including job loss. The labour department will conduct a serious investigation in this regard.”