Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Tina Ambani, wife of industrialist Anil Ambani, was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join a money laundering investigation on Monday but did not appear before the agency.The Enforcement Directorate will soon issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani, for questioning in a money laundering case.
Tina, 68, a former actor, was asked to depose by the federal agency on Monday but she did not do so. She will be called again.
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It is understood that she was called for questioning with regard to a money trail linked to the purchase of a luxury condominium in New York’s Manhattan.
The ED had recently attested former RCOM (Reliance Communication) president Punit Garg in this case.
The agency has recently constituted a SIT to probe multiple cases of alleged bank fraud and linked financial irregularities against the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) on the directions of the Supreme Court.
Earlier, the ED provisionally attached assets worth Rs 1,885 crore belonging to entities linked to the group in connection with investigations involving Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL), Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL), Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) and Yes Bank.
The attachments were carried out through four provisional orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), covering bank balances, receivables, unquoted shareholdings and immovable properties.
Key assets attached include Reliance Infrastructure Ltd’s shareholding in BSES Yamuna Power Ltd, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd. The ED also attached Rs 148 crore in bank balances and Rs 143 crore in receivables of Value Corp Finance and Securities Ltd, along with a residential property linked to Angarai Sethuraman and shares and mutual funds held by senior employee Puneet Garg.
The agency said it had earlier attached assets worth Rs 10,117 crore in related cases. With the latest action, total attachments against the group have reached around Rs 12,000 crore.
According to the ED, several group firms, including RCOM, RHFL, RCFL, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd and Reliance Power Ltd, allegedly diverted large sums of public money, with RHFL and RCFL together receiving over Rs 11,000 crore in public funds.
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with agency inputs
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
