Anil Ambani, in a media release shared with financialexpress.com, clarified that the summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) relates to a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) inquiry and not the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
According to PTI, the ED has summoned the chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on 14 November.
According to the media release shared with Financialexpress.com, a spokesperson for Anil Ambani said the industrialist has written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) expressing his willingness to fully cooperate with the ongoing inquiry. Ambani has also offered to join the probe through virtual mode.
According to the spokesperson, the ED’s press release issued on November 3, 2025, also confirms that the matter concerns a FEMA case linked to the Jaipur–Reengus highway project.
What is the FEMA case?
The case dates back to 2010 and is connected to issues involving a road contractor, the spokesperson said, citing the ED’s statement. The release claims that Reliance Infrastructure had awarded an EPC contract that year for the construction of the JR Toll Road, a purely domestic project with no foreign exchange component.
The spokesperson added that the highway project has been fully completed and has been with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) since 2021.
Ambani was not involved in day-to-day operations
The release also highlighted that Anil Ambani was not in charge of day-to-day operations at that time.
“For about fifteen years, from April 2007 to March 2022, Anil D. Ambani always served as a non-executive director at Reliance Infrastructure, not in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company.”
The statement also noted that Ambani is no longer on the board of Reliance Infrastructure.
