The Indian government has termed the US indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani and others as a "legal matter involving private individuals and private entities and the US Department of Justice." In its first official comment since the charges were filed,

The US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn said Gautam Adani and two others agreed between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar

The comments were the first official reaction from the Indian government to the indictment of Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world's richest people, and came more than a week after it was unsealed in New York.

India's foreign ministry said on Friday that bribery allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani by U.S. authorities is a legal matter between private firms and the U.S. Department of Justice and that New Delhi is not involved in the case at this point.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi hasn’t had “any conversation also on this particular matter with the US government

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Friday said the allegations against the Adani Group top executives were a legal matter involving private firms and individuals and the US Department of Justice.

MEA clarifies no US request received on Adani case involving bribery and fraud, legal matter between private firms.

The MEA spokesperson mentioned that the Indian government was not informed in advance about the indictment and is not part of the 'conversation' at this point.

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India on Friday said the indictment of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani by US prosecutors is a "legal matter" involving private firms, individuals and the US Department of Justice and that New Delhi was not informed about the case in advance.