Ford India says it has lost vital documents

The documents which have been “lost” are the CMDA sale deed of 1999, Tamil Nadu Housing Board Sale Deed (1997), Deed of Exchange (1998), Government order (1999) and Transfer through Letter of 1998 of the of Mahindra Ford India Limited. In the notice, Ford India has appealed to the people to return the documents to the company if found anywhere. 

The company, which began its operations in India in 1995, has a 350acre plant in Maraimalai Nagar, on GST Road. Ford Motor Company established a joint venture company with Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) to assemble and distribute vehicles, but the firm was rechristened Ford India in 1999, following a change in equity holding, with Ford buying out a majority stake. 

Police sources said they were informed about the loss of documents by the company two days ago by their executives They had informed us orally. Now that they have issued a public notice appealing to the people to return the documents if found, we will register a formal complaint.

A top police officer, however, said, “How could such crucial documents relating to the plant go missing from the safe custody of the Ford India management? We may conduct an enquiry after registering an FIR.” The police also said that a public notice and FIR are necessary to kick start the process to obtain the duplicate/ certified copies of the title deeds relating to the plant from relevant government departments.