The Indian government has termed the US indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani and others as a "legal matter involving private individuals and private entities and the US Department of Justice." In its first official comment since the charges were filed,

The comments were the first official reaction from the Indian government to the indictment of Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world's richest people, and came more than a week after it was unsealed in New York.

India's foreign ministry said on Friday that bribery allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani by U.S. authorities is a legal matter between private firms and the U.S. Department of Justice and that New Delhi is not involved in the case at this point.