Bengal denies any intimation from Infosys on money refund

Infosys is believed to have paid Rs. 75 crore to HIDCO for the land at Rajarhat.

May 05, 2015 07:27 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 02:22 pm IST - Kolkata

IT major Infosys has asked the West Bengal government to either give SEZ status to the company’s proposed software development centre at Rajarhat or repay the money it has given in advance for the land. File photo

IT major Infosys has asked the West Bengal government to either give SEZ status to the company’s proposed software development centre at Rajarhat or repay the money it has given in advance for the land. File photo

West Bengal urban development minister Firhad Hakim on Tuesday denied receiving any intimation from Infosys regarding repayment of the money the company had advanced in connection with a proposed software development centre at Rajarhat.

Infosys is believed to have paid Rs. 75 crore to HIDCO for the land at Rajarhat.

Mr. Hakim, under whose ministry HIDCO comes, told Bengali TV channels: “There is no such development which had taken place, and the Infosys management had not intimated the state.”

An Infosys official has told PTI that it had asked the West Bengal government either to accord the SEZ status to the proposed centre or repay the money.

HIDCO, an arm of the state government, is the custodian of land in Rajarhat-New Town area.

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