Industrialist Anil Ambani skips ED summon in money laundering case

February 27, 2026

New Delhi: Industrialist Anil Ambani on Friday didn’t appear before the Enforcement Directorate after he was summoned by the agency for questioning in a money laundering case.

Ambani was asked by ED to appear before the agency today. Earlier on Thursday, Anil Ambani appeared at the Enforcement Directorate’s headquarters in Delhi to join a money laundering investigation against him.

Ambani deposed before the investigators at around 11 am to record his statement in the case regarding which he was summoned earlier.

ED attached Mumbai property 

The move comes after the ED attached the Mumbai’s Pali Hill Residential property ‘Abode’ of the industrialist worth Rs 3,716.83 crores in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe linked to Reliance Communications Ltd’s alleged bank fraud case. ED’s Special Task Force (Headquarters) attached the property under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). Earlier, part of this property was attached to the extent of Rs 473.17 crores.

Rs 15,700 Crore worth property attached 

With the fresh action, the cumulative attachment of properties in the group now stands at over Rs 15,700 crore.

ED had initiated an investigation based on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s First Information Report (FIR) under sections 120-B, 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and section 13(2) read with section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1989 against Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM), Anil Ambani, and others.

ED said RCOM and its group companies availed loans from domestic and foreign lenders, of which a total amount of Rs 40,185 crores is outstanding.