Gautam Adani denies any deal linked to dismissal of U.S. criminal case in sworn affidavit
Gautam Adani has submitted a sworn affidavit denying any secret deals or promises linked to the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to dismiss criminal charges against him. He clarified that the group's $10 billion U.S. investment plan was announced independently of the legal proceedings.
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Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has denied under oath that there was any promise, agreement or deal behind the U.S. Department of Justice's move to dismiss a criminal indictment against him, saying, in a sworn affidavit, that he was unaware of any exchange connected to the decision.
The affidavit was filed in response to a July 8 order by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York asking Mr. Adani to state under oath whether he was aware of any promise, offer or agreement related to the dismissal of the indictment.
Mr. Adani said he was not aware of "anything promised, offered, sought, received, agreed to, or accepted" by anyone in connection with the dismissal, and denied knowledge of any agreement involving an exchange of anything of value for dropping the criminal charges.
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