Chairman of the Reliance Group, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani. File
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Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate for the second time on Monday (November 17, 2025) for recording his statement in connection with an inquiry under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
Mr. Ambani’s spokesperson said the ED summons pertains solely to the recording of his statement and that he has offered to make himself available for the same, at any date and time suitable to ED, via virtual appearance/recorded video.
The ED had initially summoned the businessman on November 14, after which he offered to get his statement recorded via virtual appearance. The agency rejected the request and issued another summons for him to appear on Monday.
Recently, the agency attached properties worth ₹7,500 crore linked to Mr. Ambani and his companies under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. It conducted searches related to Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. and found that ₹40 crore was allegedly “siphoned” from a highway project. “Funds moved through Surat-based shell companies to Dubai. The trail has unearthed a wider international ‘hawala’ network exceeding ₹600 crore,” it had said.
In response to the latest summons, the businessman’s spokesperson said: “M. Anil D. Ambani for about 15 years, from April 2007 to March 2022, always served as a non-executive director at Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., not in charge of day-to-day operations of the company.”
“As per the ED’s own media release dated November 3, 2025, the matter pertains to a FEMA case relating to Jaipur-Reengus highway project. The matter is 15 years old, dates to 2010, and concerns issues related to a road contractor as per ED media release,” said the statement.
“Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. had awarded an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contract for the construction of the road. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been operating the road for over four years. This was a purely domestic contract with no foreign exchange component involved,” it added.
The ED had previously questioned Mr. Ambani in a money laundering case.
Published – November 17, 2025 04:43 pm IST
