Cloudtail says CCI detained its employees illegally during raid

An initial hearing on Cloudtail's filing at the Delhi High Court on June 3 did not mention the detentions, and the contents of the filing have not been posted publicly

A former top seller for Amazon, Cloudtail, has accused the country’s antitrust agency of illegally detaining its employees during a raid over suspected competition law violations, court documents show.

Cloudtail, among a handful of online sellers raided in an investigation of Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart over suspected preferential treatment on e-commerce platforms, argued in a court filing the detentions were cause for disallowing materials taken during the raid.

“Employees from the senior management were detained for over 30 hours through the night till the completion of the search and seizure operation,” the May 30 filing said. The operation was conducted on April