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The Tata Tea/ULFA Story
A Scandal Unravels Contd...
In September 1997, the manager of Tata Tea's North India Plantation Division in Assam, S S Dogra (Dogra), was arrested on charges of 'aiding and abetting terrorism and assisting persons involved in waging war against the state.'Charges were issued against the company's welfare officer Brojen Gogoi (Gogoi) also, who had accompanied Pranati to Bombay. Dogra's arrest led to a controversy that soon engulfed many top names from India's corporate and political circles.Ratan Tata, the CEO of Tata Tea's holding company, Tata Sons, rushed to Delhi to meet the then Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (Mahanta), Assam Chief Secretary V S Jafa (Jafa), the Union Home Secretary K Padmanabhaiah, the Home Minister Indrajit Gupta (Gupta) and the Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujaral (Gujaral). |
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Background Note
Tata Tea is the second largest tea company in India, after Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL).A part of the Tata group of companies1, Tata Tea was incorporated in 1962 as Tata Finlay Ltd. with a technical and financial collaboration with James Finlay & Co Glasgow, UK...
