Mumbai/Bengaluru, July 9 -- Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal will likely have to field a barrage of questions from investors at Vedanta Ltd's annual general meeting on Thursday after short-seller Viceroy Research Group levelled a series of allegations against the natural resources conglomerate.

The firm, which has previously targeted Truecaller and AMD, on Wednesday accused Vedanta Group of alleged financial misconduct and misrepresentation, making empty promises to shore up share prices, manipulating asset values, raising off-balance sheet loans, and corporate governance lapses.

Vedanta Group denied all the allegations, calling Viceroy Research's report a "malicious combination of selective misinformation and baseless allegations to...