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ED Seizes Reliance Infrastructure’s 13 Bank Accounts in FEMA Probe Over Alleged Fund Diversion

Investigators allege NHAI project money was routed through shell firms to overseas accounts via a hawala-linked diamond import ruse.

Overview

  • The ED’s Special Task Force froze 13 bank accounts holding ₹54.82 crore under FEMA Section 37A for alleged contraventions of Section 4.
  • Officials say R-Infra-linked SPVs diverted highway project funds via sham subcontracts to shell companies set up in Mumbai with dummy directors.
  • The agency alleges the money was layered through multiple entities and wired to UAE beneficiaries with Hong Kong accounts as purported diamond import payments without any goods or documentation.
  • The identified shell network is linked to international hawala transactions exceeding ₹600 crore, according to the ED.
  • Reliance Infrastructure disclosed an ED lien of ₹77.86 crore in a regulatory filing, and Anil Ambani was twice summoned as the investigation advances.