Former bureaucrat E A S Sarma has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking a judicial probe into allegations of a conflict of interest preventing Sebi chairperson from probing charges against Adani group.

Calling allegations levelled by US short-seller Hindenburg Research against Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch as highly disturbing, he said an agency other than Sebi and independent from the government and its agencies should ascertain the factual accuracy of the accusations.