Adani Group chief Gautam Adani is once again embroiled in controversy, a case has been filed in the US court after allegations of involvement in bribery worth billions of dollars and defrauding government officials and American investors, a White House statement has come out.

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Adani Group chief Gautam Adani is once again embroiled in controversy. He has been accused of being involved in billions of dollars of bribery and defrauding government officials and American investors. A case has been registered against him in the US court. The court has issued an arrest warrant against him. At the same time, the White House’s statement has come out on this whole matter.

What did the White House say on the Adani case?

In the Adani case, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre has said that we are aware of the allegations made against Adani. To know and understand the allegations against him, we will have to go to the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. As far as the relationship between India and America is concerned, I believe that there is a strong relationship between the two countries and I am sure that this relationship will continue in the future as well. Actually, this is such a matter, about which you can talk directly to SEC and DOJ. The relationship between India and America is strong.

Bribery charges against 8 people including Adani
In a hearing held in the Federal Court of New York, 8 people including Gautam Adani have been accused of fraud and bribery worth billions. Adani Group has denied these allegations. In fact, the United States Attorney’s Office says that Adhani gave a bribe of $ 265 million (about Rs 2200 crore) to Indian officials to get a contract related to solar energy in India.

Adani Group denies all allegations
However, Adani Group has issued a statement denying all the allegations and calling it baseless. The group said that the allegations leveled by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission against the directors of Adani Green Energy Limited are baseless. We deny them. Adani Group said that the US Justice Department itself said that these are just allegations right now. The accused are considered innocent until proven guilty.

Case registered on 24 October
Actually, the whole matter is related to Adani Group company Adani Green Energy Limited and another firm. On October 24, 2024, this case was registered in the US court, which was heard on Wednesday. Apart from Adani, the seven other people involved are Sagar Adani, Vineet S Jain, Ranjit Gupta, Cyril Cabanis, Saurabh Agarwal, Deepak Malhotra and Rupesh Agarwal. Adani is accused of lying to American, foreign investors and banks to raise this bribe money. Sagar and Vineet are officers of Adani Green Energy Limited. Sagar is Gautam Adani’s nephew. An arrest warrant has been issued against Gautam Adani and Sagar.