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New Delhi – Independent Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is being sued by tycoon Gautam Adani’s business empire in six different courts – and he is not allowed to speak about the conglomerate or its owner.whose explosive report on Adani Group last month triggered a stock rout
It added that “investors, journalists, citizens and even politicians have been afraid to speak out for fear of reprisal”. Legal costs and the need to attend hearings in three states “take a toll on us physically and mentally”, said his colleague Abir Dasgupta, himself hit with three defamation suits. Two journalists from broadcaster CNBC TV18 have been hit with criminal defamation cases by an Adani subsidiary accusing them of a “grossly malicious, defamatory and false” news report.
The conglomerate’s founder has a close relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and opposition lawmakers say both have benefited from their mutual association.
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