"Though usually the accounting is done for a period of 12 months (January-December in case of Reebok India), Reebok has sought permission for the same for a period of 15 months, starting January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012," a senior government official in the know of developments told Business Standard.
An email query to Reebok India remained unanswered till the time of going to print.
The move is significant, as this may prompt investigating agencies to take a look at the fresh accounting statements to be filed by the company to RoC, before taking a final call.
Subhash Gulati, counsel of Subhinder Singh Prem and Vishnu Bhagat -- the former top executives of Reebok India allegedly involved in a fraud of Rs 870 crore (Rs 8.7 billion) in the company -- had earlier said that all the pending return statements concerning the goods in question as of December 31, 2011, which stood at Rs 62.99 crore (Rs 629., were processed and duly reconciled between January and March 2012, whereas the complaint filed with Gurgaon police talks about status only till December 31, 2011.
In a First Information Report, filed with the Gurgaon police on May 21, Adidas AG, the German parent company of Reebok, had accused Prem and Bhagat of 'criminal conspiracy' and 'fraudulent' practices over a period of time that allegedly caused the company a loss of Rs 870
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