Reliance Group Under Scrutiny: ED Attaches ₹581 Crore in Assets

The Enforcement Directorate has intensified its investigation into Anil Ambani's Reliance Group, seizing assets worth ₹581 crore amid allegations of money laundering and diversion of public funds.

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Key Points

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached ₹581 crore in assets from Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL), both part of Anil Ambani's Reliance Group.
The asset seizure is linked to an ongoing money laundering investigation stemming from a CBI FIR based on complaints from Yes Bank, Union Bank of India, and Bank of Maharashtra.
The ED alleges that RHFL and RCFL diverted public funds exceeding ₹11,000 crore to various Reliance Group companies through shell entities, resulting in non-performing assets.
The attached properties include land parcels across multiple states in India, indicating a widespread network of asset holdings.
The cumulative asset attachment from the Reliance Anil Ambani Group has now reached ₹16,310 crore, highlighting the scale of the investigation.

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached fresh assets worth more than Rs 581 crore as part of its investigation against RHFL and RCFL, companies of Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani.

A provisional order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on March 11 to attach land parcels in Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in a statement.

The properties are worth Rs 581.65 crore, and they have been attached as part of a probe related to the Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL), the agency said.

"The attachment follows search operations conducted on March 6 in the case against Reliance Power Limited under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)," it said.

The ED had attached assets of Anil Ambani's Reliance Group earlier as well.

"The cumulative Reliance Anil Ambani Group attachment has reached Rs 16,310 crore," the ED said.

Investigation Details

The probe stems from a CBI FIR filed against RCFL and RHFL based on complaints lodged by Yes Bank, Union Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra.

It is alleged that the two companies raised public funds from multiple banks and financial institutions, and more than Rs 11,000 crore of these funds turned into non-performing assets, the ED said.

The agency said public funds raised by RHFL and RCFL were "diverted" to various Reliance Group companies, such as Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Reliance Power Limited, Reliance Communications Limited, Reliance Capital Limited, etc.

The funds were diverted by routing them through a large number of shell (dummy) entities controlled and managed by the Reliance Anil Ambani Group, it alleged.

"These shell entities had negligible financial strength and no business operations," it said.

According to the ED, its investigation found "mala fide intent" on the part of the group promoters and key persons.

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