New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has claimed that it came to know that the mega ed-tech company Byju’s is allegedly purchasing phone numbers of children and their parents and threatening them that their future will be ruined if they do not buy courses from it.
NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo while speaking with ANI added “We came to know how Byju’s bought phone numbers of children and their parents, rigorously following them and threatening them that their future will be ruined. They’re targeting first-generation learners. We’ll initiate action and if need be will make a report and write to the government,”.
Earlier on Friday, the commission issued a summons to Byju’s CEO Byju Raveendran asking him to appear in person on December 23 over alleged malpractice of hard selling and mis-selling of its courses for students.
The Commission took action based on a news report that the sales team of BYJU’S was indulging in malpractices to lure parents to buy their courses for their children.
The news report according to the statement alleged that BYJU’S has been actively tricking customers to enter into loan-based agreements for courses which may not be refunded if customers wished to do so.
The statement added that “Under Section 14 of CPCR Act,2005, the Commission has all the powers of a Civil Court trying a suit under the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and particular, in respect of the following matters- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) discovery and production of any document; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; and (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents,”
It said that if Raveendran fails to comply with the order without a lawful excuse, he “will be subjected to the consequences of the non-attendance as provided in Rule 10 and Rule l2 of Order XVI of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908”.
(With Agency Inputs)
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