After all the confusion and furor regarding the raids conducted by the Crime Investigation Department of Andra Pradesh, Amway India Enterprises announce that they will now resume business after they have obtained an Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Friday, September 29th, 2006 against the raids that are being conducted by the Crime Investigation Department.

According to the Head of Amway’s Corporate Communications Rajat Banerji, The High Court’s order regarding the prima facie provisions of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (banning) Act of 1978 states that it does not apply to Amway India Enterprises and ordered the authorities to cease interfering on the business of Amway and its credited distributors. Mr. Banerji defended their company, saying that the personal dispute of one of their distributors has caused this whole ruckus.

The Crime Investigation Department has began raiding the offices of Amway because of a complaint filed by a person named Satyanarayana resulting in the closure of about nine offices of Amway India Enterprises. Mr. Rajat Banerji added that Satyanarayana was involved in a dispute on his wife, who is an Amway distributor, Lakshmi, who had filed against Satyanarayana a dowry case which resulted in jail time for the man. He was just taking revenge on his wife by complaining against one of his wife’s co-workers and other distributors of Amway which included her sister and her brother-in-law that and they were coercing him to recruit people to be dealers for the company. although this is virtually impossible as Satyanarayana is not even a distributor of the company.

The police officers just got involved in the case without even thinking ahead as they are already involved in an investigation of some of the activities of other Multilevel Marketing Companies. The sister and brother-in-law of Lakshmi were arrested but granted bail. The Senior Legal Manager of Amway India Enterprises, Yoginder Singh said that the raids conducted by the police were an unwelcome event for the company. He further added that they are strongly against on the manner the police conducted the raids on their offices.

They have virtually ignored Amway’s reputation as a respectable company. They should have asked for a clarification first from the company before plunging ahead with their plans. They have also strongly denied the allegation that Amway is forcing their distributors to recruit members and the allegation that they are in a money circulation scheme. The raids have damaged the good name and reputation that the company has nurtured and cultivated over the years.