Bribery case: Fresh plea in Supreme Court seeks inquiry into US indictment of Gautam Adani
Live MintA fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an inquiry into the indictment of Adani group founder and chairman Gautam Adani, who has been charged in the US for alleged bribery and fraud. The US Department of Justice has accused Gautam Adani of being part of an elaborate scheme to pay $265 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts in four Indian states. US SEC summons The US Securities and Exchange Commission has summoned Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar to explain their stand on allegations of paying $265 million in bribes to get lucrative solar power contracts. 62-year-old Gautam Adani and seven other defendants, including Sagar, who is a director at Adani Green Energy Ltd, allegedly agreed to pay about $265 million in bribes to Indian government officials between approximately 2020 and 2024 to obtain lucrative solar energy supply contracts on terms that expected to yield $2 billion of profit over 20 years, according to an indictment unsealed in a New York court on Wednesday.