The Adani Group acquired The Quint just one month after the raid is not accurate. Acquisition happened five years after the 2018 raid [one source].
Why we say that›
NDTV, Quint and Ambuja examples do not prove raids trigger Adani takeovers.
The three cases contain partial facts. The claimed pattern rests on unproven generalization from those cases. Timing for Quint is contradicted and Ambuja raid is unconfirmed.
Individual raids and acquisitions are partially documented but no source confirms or tests the general rule.
Quint acquisition occurred five years after the raid not one month
Reported 22 Aug 2026
How the reel gets there
The reel says: “पड़ती है और इन्हें भी सिर्फ एक महीने बाद अडानी group खरीद लेता है”
The record shows: AMG Media Networks acquired 49 percent stake in Quintillion Business Media Pvt Ltd on March 27, 2023, five years after the 2018 Income Tax raid on The Quint's offices.
The Probe
Claims
1 false · 2 true · 5 unchecked
- False
The Adani Group acquired The Quint just one month after the raid.
What's actually true
Acquisition happened five years after the 2018 raid [one source].
- Couldn't check
In India whenever a company faces a raid by agencies like CBI or ED or CCI, it gets acquired by the Adani Group shortly afterward.
What's actually true
No source states or tests this as a general pattern or rule.
- Couldn't check
The Adani Group acquired NDTV in 2022.
What's actually true
Adani acquired control of NDTV in 2022 [one source].
- Couldn't check
A CCI raid happened on Ambuja Cement in 2020.
What's actually true
We couldn't verify this claim with a reliable source. No source confirms an actual CCI raid on Ambuja Cement occurred in 2020.
- Couldn't check
NDTV is India's largest independent TV news channel.
What's actually true
No source states NDTV's ranking or independence status.
- Couldn't check
Ambuja Cement is India's second largest cement company.
What's actually true
No source states Ambuja Cement's market ranking.
- True
A CBI raid happened on NDTV in 2017.
What's actually true
CBI launched investigation and raids against NDTV founders in 2017 [one source].
- True
A raid by agencies happened on The Quint.
What's actually true
Income Tax officials raided The Quint offices in 2018 [one source].
The full story, from the sources›
Ahmedabad; Aug 23, 2022: AMNLs wholly owned subsidiary VCPL has exercised warrants to acquire 99.5% stake in RRPR. Such acquisition will result in VCPL acquiring control of RRPR... will launch an open offer to acquire up to 26% stake in NDTV. - Adani In what journalists across media houses called an attack on freedom of press, Income Tax officials conducted a raid at the office of Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd in Noida, which runs the website The Quint and is owned by Raghav Bahl. - TheQuint On March 27, 2023, AMG Media Networks acquired 49 percent stake in Quintillion Business Media Pvt Ltd, The Quint’s holding company. This happened five years after central tax authorities raided The Quints offices in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. - The Probe (2024-05-04) Seven years after it launched an investigation and raids against NDTV founders, Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy... the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday closed the case. - Hindustan Times (2024-10-01) The Adani Group acquired several companies/assets after competitors faced raids by investigative agencies, potentially pressuring them to withdraw bids. Below is a comprehensive list based on available sources, with no new raid-linked acquisitions identified beyond those previously noted. - Storyvibe.in (2025-07-24)
From primary sources · reporting
What else it leaves out (1)›
- No evidence confirms a CCI raid on Ambuja Cement in 2020
How it's framed (4)›
Sources (5)›
On March 27, 2023, AMG Media Networks acquired 49 percent stake in Quintillion Business Media Pvt Ltd, The Quint’s holding company. This happened five years after central tax authorities raided The Quints offices in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Ahmedabad; Aug 23, 2022: AMNLs wholly owned subsidiary VCPL has exercised warrants to acquire 99.5% stake in RRPR. Such acquisition will result in VCPL acquiring control of RRPR... will launch an open offer to acquire up to 26% stake in NDTV
In what journalists across media houses called an attack on freedom of press, Income Tax officials conducted a raid at the office of Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd in Noida, which runs the website The Quint and is owned by Raghav Bahl
Seven years after it launched an investigation and raids against NDTV founders, Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy... the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday closed the case
The Adani Group acquired several companies/assets after competitors faced raids by investigative agencies, potentially pressuring them to withdraw bids. Below is a comprehensive list based on available sources, with no new raid-linked acquisitions identified beyond those previously noted
Notes on this check (2)›
- Dropped 1 support citation(s) for "The Adani Group acquired NDTV in 2022." because the cited passages do not address the claim directly.
- The reel's central argument depends on claims that were not independently established, so it is reported as misleading context rather than as facts with a false point.
Checked against 3 sources · 22 Aug 2026
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