India, Jan. 27 -- The government on Monday invited applications for the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson's post around a month before Madhabi Puri Buch's three-year term as the securities and commodity market regulatory body head ends on February 28. Buch assumed the charge in March 2022.

The SEBI chief came under the spotlight after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research, which has since announced it was shutting down, accused Buch and her husband, Dhaval Buch, of having a stake in obscure offshore entities used in "the Adani money siphoning scandal".

The allegations sparked a political row with Opposition Congress demanding a parliamentary probe into the charges. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) atta...