ED gives fresh dates to Anil Ambani, wife Tina for questioning in PMLA cases

Anil Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Group along with is wife Tina Ambani | Photo Credit: PAUL NORONHA

Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani were issued fresh summons by the Enforcement Directorate, asking them to appear separately for questioning next week in a money laundering case.

Tina Ambani, who did not appear before sleuths on Monday despite summons issued to her, has now been asked to depose on February 17 before the ED officials at its headquarters here to probe use of alleged laundered money for purchasing an apartment in Manhattan, New York, at a cost of ₹70 crore.

On February 18, Anil Ambani has been asked to appear before the ED in the overall ₹40,000 crore worth bank fraud money laundering case. Their statements will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

He, however, was questioned by the ED once last year as part of these investigations linked to multiple Reliance Group companies and their bank loans.

The ED has already arrested Punit Garg, former RCOM (Reliance Communication) president and close associate of Anil Ambani, in the PMLA Manhattan apartment case.

The ED officials suspect that the apartment was purchased out of funneling of large bank loans Anil Ambani’s group companies had availed for business purposes.

“Fraudulently” sold

It had alleged earlier that the New York property was “fraudulently” sold in 2023 during the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) of RCOM by Garg. The RCOM is said to have informed the stock exchange about this sale in 2025.

“The sale proceeds of $8.3 million (about ₹69.55 crore in 2023) were remitted from the USA under the guise of a sham investment arrangement with a Dubai-based entity controlled by a Pakistan-linked individual, without the knowledge or consent of the Resolution Professional (RP),” the ED said.

The agency has set up a special investigative team on the directions of the Supreme Court to carry out a comprehensive probe in the alleged money laundering case against Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) companies.

Last week, the SC had pulled up the ED for the “unexplained delay” in probing bank loan fraud of over ₹40,000 crores by ADAG companies.

Published on February 10, 2026