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Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani on Friday did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in an alleged bank fraud-linked money laundering case, officials said. The agency wanted to record his statement in the Yes Bank linked money laundering case. However, he did not appear, the officials said. It was not immediately known if the ED has given him a fresh date. His wife Tina Ambani was also called for questioning but she sought an adjournment and may be called later, they said. The 66-year-old businessman was questioned for about 9 hours on Thursday regarding an alleged bank loan fraud linked to his group company Reliance Communication (RCOM). Anil Ambani was first questioned by the ED in August 2025 as part of an investigation related to his group companies. Multiple group companies of Anil Ambani face allegations of loan fraud and the ED recently constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe all these instances. The SIT was formed based on recen
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it wants an expeditious trial against Congress leader P Chidambaram in two money laundering cases, Aircel-Maxis deal and INX Media, as it has submitted the required sanction for prosecution against the former Union finance minister before a designated court. The federal probe agency had filed a chargesheet in the Aircel-Maxis case in 2018 and in the INX Media case in 2020 at the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi (Rouse Avenue) and the court took their separate cognisance in 2021. However, in November 2024, the Supreme Court directed (in the ED vs Bibhu Prasad Acharya case) that sanction for prosecution is mandatory in a PMLA chargesheet, similar to such an approval furnished while filing a chargesheet under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). Subsequent to this judgement, many accused charged under PMLA challenged the proceedings in multiple legal forums, leading to a delay in the trial including in these ..
The Enforcement Directorate attached Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani's Mumbai house, 'Abode', worth Rs 3,716 crore under the anti-money laundering law, official sources said on Wednesday. The luxurious house, which is 66-metre high with 17 floors, is located in the Pali Hill area of Mumbai. A provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach the multi-storeyed house in the case linked to an alleged bank fraud by his group company Reliance Communications (RCOM), according to the sources. They said the attached asset's value is Rs 3,716.83 crore. Ambani, 66, is expected to appear before the federal probe agency here for his second round of questioning. He first deposed before the ED in August 2025 and had his statement recorded under the PMLA. With the latest order, the total value of the attachment in this case stands at about Rs 15,700 crore.
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to appear for questioning on February 26 after he skipped deposition this week, official sources said on Thursday. His wife, former actor Tina Ambani, has also sought adjournment twice and not deposed before the ED on her scheduled dates for February 10 and February 17. It was not clear if she too has been given a fresh date by the ED. The ED has called the couple to record their separate statements under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), ED officials had said. Anil Ambani once appeared before the ED in August 2025. It is understood that Tina Ambani has been called for questioning with regard to a money trail linked to the purchase of a luxury condominium in New York's Manhattan. The ED recently arrested former RCOM (Reliance Communication) president Punit Garg in the case. The New York property was "fraudulently" sold in 2023 during the corporate insolvency resolution proces
Reliance Group chairperson Anil Ambani's wife Tina Ambani on Tuesday skipped the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons for the second time on Tuesday. The former actor, summoned in connection with a money laundering case, did not appear before the federal probe agency on February 10 following which she was issued the fresh notice. It was not immediately known if she furnished some grounds to the investigating officer of the case for her non-appearance. The ED may issue her fresh dates, officials said. Once she deposes, Tina Ambani will be questioned and her statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. Anil Ambani, 66, has also been asked to depose before the agency on Wednesday for the second time as part of the investigation linked to multiple Reliance Group companies and their bank loans. He first appeared before the ED in August 2025. It is understood that Tina Ambani has been called for questioning with regard to a money trail linke
Tina Ambani, former actor and wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, is expected to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday for questioning in a money-laundering case. This is the second summons issued to 69-year-old Tina Ambani. She was issued the first summons to depose before the federal probe agency here on February 10 but she had skipped it. She was then issued a fresh summons, asking her to appear before the ED on February 17. There was no immediate response from ED officials on the development. Once Tina Ambani deposes, she will be questioned and her statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials had said. Anil Ambani, 66, has also been asked to depose before the agency on February 18 for the second time as part of the investigation linked to multiple Reliance Group companies and their bank loans. He first appeared before the ED in August 2025. The Reliance Group has not responded to news reports related t
A special court here on Saturday refused to discharge Premier Port Links Pvt Ltd, a company allegedly controlled by former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh's family, in a money laundering case while ruling that there was strong prima facie evidence against it. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has alleged that the company served as a vehicle for laundering proceeds of crime. The firm, managed by NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh's son Salil Deshmukh, had sought discharge claiming that it had been implicated falsely. As per the prosecution, the company took illegal loans totaling Rs 2.20 crore from M/s Flourish Properties Pvt Ltd, a firm in which the Deshmukh family had allegedly infused funds via bogus share capital. About 50% of the company's shares were allotted to Salil Deshmukh for just Rs 17.5 lakh despite the company possessing assets including Rs 20 acres of land in Uran valued at approximately Rs 5.4 crore, the ED alleged. The federal probe agency submitted that these ...
After the ED questioned him and his wife Saritha in connection with a money laundering probe, actor Jayasurya said on Friday that all his financial transactions were legal. Jayasurya and his wife were questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of an investigation into an online investment scheme called 'Save Box', allegedly operated by Swathi Rahim, who faces many cheating cases. The ED was probing alleged money laundering linked to the scheme and has found financial transactions involving Jayasurya, who was roped in as a brand ambassador. "How can we guess what people who approach us for advertisements will do in the future? Jayasurya said in a post on his Instagram page. Stating that he had only entered into legitimate transactions, the actor said, "I am an ordinary, responsible citizen who followed all rules and paid taxes to the government exchequer". Jayasurya said he first appeared before the ED on December 24 a
A special court in Port Blair rejected the bail plea of four people, one of them former Andaman and Nicobar Islands MP and Congress leader Kuldeep Rai Sharma, arrested by the ED in a Rs 500 crore cooperative bank "fraud" linked money laundering case, the agency said on Monday. On December 12, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court dismissed the plea of Sharma, an ex-Chairman of the Andaman and Nicobar State Cooperative Bank (ANSCBL), the bank's managing director, K Murugan, loan officer K Kalaivanan, and Sanjay Lal, an alleged associate of Sharma, it said in a statement. Sharma represented the Union Territory in the Lok Sabha between 2019 and 2024. "The court held that there are prima facie materials showing active involvement of all four accused persons in the money laundering activities arising from the A&N State Cooperative Bank fraud and related shell companies," the Enforcement Directorate said. The court, it said, "relied upon" various statements recorded by the
The Enforcement Directorate has attached fresh assets worth Rs 1,120 crore as part of its money laundering probe against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, officials said. Eighteen properties, including the Reliance Centre in Mumbai's Ballard Estate, fixed deposits, bank balance and shareholding in unqouted investments of Reliance Anil Ambani Group have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. Another set of seven properties of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, two properties of Reliance Power Ltd, nine properties of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, fixed deposits in the name of Reliance Value Service Private Ltd, Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Lt, Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd, Adhar Property Consultancy Pvt Ltd, Gamesa Investment Management Private Ltd and investments made in unquoted investment by Reliance Venture Asset Management Private Ltd and Phi Management Solutions Private Ltd have also bee
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has made a fresh and the third arrest in connection with a money laundering probe against businessman Anil Ambani's group company Reliance Power linked to issuance of an alleged fake bank guarantee of Rs 68 crore. Amar Nath Dutta, a resident of Kolkata, was taken into custody on Thursday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A special court sent him to ED custody till November 10, it said in a statement. The federal probe agency has arrested former Reliance Power CFO Ashok Kumar Pal and a private person Partha Sarathi Biswal, MD of an Odisha-based company named Biswal Tradelink, sometime back as part of this investigation. "He (Dutta) claims to provide consultancy services in Trade Financing. Dutta played an active role along with Ashok Pal and Partha Sarathi Biswal, for providing fake bank guarantees," the agency said. The case pertains to a bank guarantee of Rs 68.2 crore submitted to the Solar Energy
A PMLA Appellate Tribunal has upheld a 2018 provisional attachment of assets order issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in the INX money laundering case investigation. The properties included a part of a flat located in Delhi's Jorbagh area and deposits worth a few crores of rupees kept in a bank branch in Chennai. Fifty three-year-old Karti, son of senior Congress leader and former Union cabinet minister P Chidambaram, had filed an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal for the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in 2019, seeking to set aside the attachment order issued by the federal probe agency on the grounds that the ED did not file the chargesheet in this case within the stipulated 365 days time limit. His lawyers argued that, hence, the continued attachment of the house was "bad in law". According to the PMLA, a provisional attachment order issued by the ED, after its confirmation by the adjudicating authority, shall continue .
Six immovable properties worth Rs 10.55 crore of certain directors and shareholders of Gurugram-based real estate company Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd (APIL) have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to alleged violation of environment protection laws, the ED said on Wednesday. The attached properties, provisionally frozen under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), consist of commercial units located in Gurugram (Haryana), Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) and Ludhiana (Punjab). The assets belong to directors, shareholders and beneficial owners of APIL like Sushil Ansal, Pranav Ansal and Kusum Ansal, in a case that stems from the "violation" of The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act in two of its residential real estate projects located in Gurugram. Haryana Police had first registered an FIR and later filed a chargesheet before a court, the Enforcement