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Delhi bans for 3 years company that makes Budweiser, Hoegaarden beers

Anheuser-Busch InBev has been banned from selling its products in the for three years for allegedly evading local taxes.

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Aditya Kalra | Reuters New Delhi
The world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, has been banned from selling its products in the key New Delhi market for three years for allegedly evading local taxes, government orders seen by Reuters showed. 

The city government orders from earlier this month followed a three-year investigation which found that beer maker SABMiller --acquired by AB InBev in 2016 for around $100 billion--used duplicate barcodes on its beer bottles supplied to city retailers that year, allowing it to pay lower levies.

AB InBev said in a statement it denied the Delhi government's allegations and would appeal against the order.

"The barcodes were