Shares of Adani Group stocks fell up to 5 percent in intraday trade on July 19 after Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in Parliament today that the directorate of revenue intelligence and SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) are probing some entities of the Adani group about compliance with the SEBI regulations. It was not immediately clear when the investigation was launched. The minister did not name which companies were involved. He also alleged that the Enforcement Directorate is not probing companies holding FPIs based on day-to-day trading of shares. A month ago, Adani Group had quashed reports about the National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) freezing three foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) related to the group. Adani Group CFO Jugeshinder Singh told CNBC-TV18 that it was "a malicious attempt to push a patently false story".
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