L&T ‘unfairly doubted’ for alleged role in Cognizant bribery case: S N Subrahmanyan

MUMBAI | BENGALURU: Larsen & Toubro is being unfairly doubted for its alleged role in a bribery case against IT services company Cognizant without evidence of its involvement, chief executive officer SN Subrahmanyan said.
“Cognizant paid a $25-million fine and blamed somebody. Department of Justice (US) lets them go. Now, how am I to defend myself ? Is there a letter to me accusing me of these things,” Subrahmanyan asked while speaking to ET.
New Jersey-based Cognizant had allegedly leaned on a construction company, which was not identified, to pay a bribe to Tamil Nadu government officials to secure permits for building its campus in the outskirts of Chennai, a US court said in February.