Satyams HR starts employee verification

8220;As of now,we believe there are 53,000 employees,which is subject to verification and auditing,8221; a Satyam spokesperson said on Friday ,adding 8220;the board has confirmed that prima facie there appears to be no basis to doubt the same.8221;

The Andhra Pradesh CID had told the local court that Satyam8217;s founder B Ramalinga Raju had admitted that the number of employees was inflated by over 12,000,by which he Raju drew over Rs 20 crore a month towards staff cost.

Ramalinga Raju8217;s lawyer Bharat Kumar said the police claim is wrong.

According to a Satyam official,the line managers have been asked to provide details of the employees directly reporting to them.

The HR department8217;s verification is based on active e-mail IDs and access card data captured across the offices of Satyam.

The company was supposed to have had 53,000 employees and operated in 66 countries with a customer base of 185 Fortune 500 companies.