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The notice came after a February Reuters investigation which found Amazon helped a small number of sellers prosper on its Indian platform, giving them discounted fees and using them to bypass foreign investment laws. Amazon said at the time it was confident it complied with regulations and that it "does not give preferential treatment to any seller on its marketplace. Share Via. Reuters , New Delhi. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe.

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Read full article. Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy. Story continues. Amazon's court filing contained a notice from the ED which sought details of its investment in Future. Amazon is taking India's financial crime fighting agency to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its deals, a court filing seen by Reuters shows. In an page filing, seen by Reuters, Amazon calls the investigation a "fishing and roving" inquiry, saying the ED had sought privileged legal advice and opinions from Amazon and other information not connected to the Future Group deal.

Multiple Amazon executives, including its India head, had been summoned by the ED in recent weeks and the investigation had caused "unnecessary harassment," the U. Amazon and the ED, which does not make details of its investigations public, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The case will likely be heard on Thursday. The filing is the latest twist in the long-running dispute between Amazon and Future. Though India's antitrust body suspended their deal last week, saying Amazon had suppressed information when seeking approvals for it, the ED's probe is independent of that.