The concerned report is from US-based Hindenburg Research that surfaced on January 24 and claimed that the Adani Group had weak business fundamentals, and was involved in stock manipulation and accounting fraud, among others.
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, while taking to Twitter hit out at the Central government, saying that it cannot remain silent over the issue.
The 23-year-old accused, Gautam Kumar was a prime accused in a murder case over a money dispute in Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy and was absconding for more than three months.
SEBI said it is committed to ensuring market integrity and that the markets continue to have the appropriate structural strength to function in an uninterrupted, transparent and efficient manner
Gautam Adani's wealth had declined 21.77 per cent or USD 16.2 billion on Friday. The current net worth of the industrialist was USD 581.1 billion at 1.23 pm (IST) in the afternoon.
The group entities made scheduled coupon payments on outstanding US dollar-denominated bonds on Thursday, according to Reuters' source with direct knowledge of the conglomerate's strategy.