‘Legal matter between private firms and US Department of Justice’: India on Adani indictment row

The comments by external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal were the first official response from New Delhi since US federal prosecutors charged Adani with multiple counts of wire and securities fraud in New York. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a parallel case charging his associates with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

“We see this as a legal matter involving private firms and individuals and the US Department of Justice. Obviously, there are established procedures and legal avenues in such cases which we believe would be followed,” Jaiswal said in response to several questions at a regular media briefing.

Jaiswal made it clear the Indian government currently has no role in legal proceedings involving Adani-linked entities in the US.