Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate reissued a summons for November 17 and refused a virtual appearance, but Anil Ambani did not show up.
- Investigators allege about Rs 40 crore was siphoned from the 2010 Jaipur–Reengus project via Surat-based shell firms to Dubai, pointing to a wider hawala network of over Rs 600 crore.
- The agency has recorded statements from multiple individuals, including alleged hawala operators, which led to the latest call for Ambani’s deposition.
- ED says provisional attachments in connected money‑laundering and bank‑fraud probes involving Reliance group entities now exceed Rs 7,545 crore.
- Ambani’s spokesperson says the toll-road contract was purely domestic with no foreign-exchange component and that he served only as a non-executive director not involved in daily operations.