As per the CBI release, the accused were arrested for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from the complainant which is allegedly part of demanded bribe amount of Rs 10,000.
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.
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that it was expected that the Adani Group would be denying the charges made by the US court involving industrialist Gautam Adani. He further called for the arrest of Adani in relation to these charges
"........I have gone through this indictment by the US court. My assessment is that there are five charges or five counts. It is important to note that counts one and five are more important than the others, but neither in Count 1 nor in Count 5 is Mr Adani or his nephew charged," Rohtgi
Adani Group has refuted the alleged bribery allegations made by the US Department of Justice and the US Securities and Exchange Commission against Group's founder and Chairman Gautam Adani his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, the company issued a statement on Wednesday.
As the parliament session commenced on Monday, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh reaffirmed that opposition parties would not compromise over the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into allegations related to Adani executives in the United States in an alleged brib
Congress President alleged that public money was used to give bribery, and there are serious allegations of "corruption, bribery and financial irregularities."
As the first winter session of Parliament commences, the opposition MPs moved adjournment motions to raise the issue of Adani's indictment in the United States (US) in connection with a "fraud and bribery" case. Congress MP KC Venugopal on Monday said that the Adani issue was an important
After Manickam Tagore, Congress MP Manish Tewari also wrote a letter to the Secretary General of Lok Sabha ahead of the commencement of the winter session, making aware of his intentions to move an adjournment motion to discuss Adani's indictment in a "bribery and fraud" case.
Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Monday gave an adjournment notice ahead of Parliament's winter session to discuss the indictment of Adani group and to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the alleged bribery charges.