Amazon's bid to halt India's Reliance-Future deal hits setback

Local regulator fines US titan for allegedly hiding 'scope' of own 2019 deal

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Reliance Industries agreed last year to buy Future Group, but Amazon has challenged the legitimacy of the deal. (Source photo by Reuters and AP)

SAYAN CHAKRABORTY, Nikkei staff writer

BENGALURU -- Amazon's bid to block the merger of two Indian retailing rivals has taken a dramatic turn after local regulators slapped the U.S. e-commerce giant with a $26 million fine for allegedly "hiding the actual scope" of its own deal involving one of the companies.

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