The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh summons to Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani to appear before it on Monday in a case under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), officials said. The agency had earlier asked Ambani to depose before it on Friday, which he skipped.
According to a spokesperson for Ambani, the businessman had offered to appear by virtual means on Friday and ensured full cooperation in all the matters. The ED, however, has issued a fresh summons for him to appear on Monday at its office, sources said.
The matter pertains to the Jaipur-Reengus highway project.
According to reports, the ED had said that after attaching assets worth `7,500 crore belonging to Ambani and his companies under the anti-money laundering law, a search carried out against Reliance Infrastructure found that an alleged `40 crore was “siphoned” from the highway project. “Funds moved through Surat-based shell companies to Dubai. The trail has unearthed a wider international hawala network exceeding `600 crore,” the agency had said.
