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. US investment firm Hindenburg Research, whose explosive report on Adani Group last month
The short-seller's report alleged the conglomerate had artificially inflated its market value using related-party transactions conducted through tax havens.
"Adani Group believes strongly in the freedom of the press and like all companies retains the right to defend itself against defamatory, misleading or false statements," a conglomerate spokesperson told AFP. The conglomerate's founder has a close relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and opposition lawmakers say both have benefitted from their mutual association.
India has nearly 400 television news channels but Modi's government generally benefits from enthusiastically positive coverage.
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