Amid a probe into Reliance Group companies, Anil Ambani left the Enforcement Directorate head quarters in Delhi after nine hours of questioning, reported NDTV. The Enforcement Directorate has summoned him again on Friday for the Yes Bank money laundering case.
had issued fresh summons to the Reliance Group chairman, directing him to appear for questioning on February 26, after he failed to attend a scheduled deposition last week, according to official sources.
The 66‑year‑old businessman appeared for a second round of questioning in connection with an alleged bank loan fraud case involving Reliance Communications.
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Just a day earlier, the Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached businessman Anil Ambani's luxury residence, ‘Abode,' valued at ₹3,716 crore, as part of its ongoing money‑laundering probe. The attachment order was issued in connection with the agency's investigation into the alleged bank fraud involving Reliance Communications.
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On Thursday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has also registered a fresh case against the industrialist and Reliance Communications Limited, alleging a Rs 2,223.17 crore fraud on Bank of Baroda between 2013 and 2017. The CBI now initiating another criminal investigation based on a formal complaint from the bank.
According to the FIR, the agency received a complaint dated Feb. 24, 2026, from Sudhakar Bhai Tripathi, Deputy General Manager at Bank of Baroda's Stressed Assets Management Branch in Mumbai.
The complaint alleges that Reliance Communications, along with Anil Ambani, unknown others and unknown public servants, cheated the bank and dishonestly induced it during the period 2013-17, resulting in a wrongful loss of Rs 2,223.17 crore.
The CBI has registered a Regular Case and assigned the probe to an Additional Superintendent of Police at its Banking Securities and Fraud Branch (BSFB) in Delhi.
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The FIR cites offences under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, along with Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The agency said the complaint, which forms part of the FIR, prima facie discloses the commission of cognisable offences. The reference to "unknown public servants" indicates that the investigation may also examine the role of bank officials or other public functionaries in sanctioning or monitoring the loans.
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