Residents of a village in India have formally alleged that their land was acquired for a bauxite mining project through fraudulent means. According to the villagers, the documentation required to approve the Adani Group’s mining operations contained forged signatures and thumbprints. The claims suggest that the consent lists used to justify the land transfer included the names of people who were already deceased at the time of signing, as well as fictitious individuals who do not reside in the area.

The allegations center on the process of obtaining local consent, which is a mandatory legal requirement for industrial projects on tribal or rural lands in India. Villagers argue that the project was pushed through without genuine community approval, relying instead on falsified records to bypass local opposition. While the Adani Group has been the primary target of these accusations, the specific mechanisms of how these documents were processed—and whether local government officials were complicit in the alleged forgery—remain the subject of the villagers' complaints.

As of now, the reports are based on the testimonies and claims provided by the local community members. There is currently no public statement from the Adani Group or local authorities addressing these specific allegations of forgery. The situation highlights ongoing tensions regarding land rights and the transparency of industrial development projects in rural India, where community consent is often a point of legal and social friction.