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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered abstracted cases against 2 Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) Group companies, Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL), connected charges of slope indebtedness fraud. Among the accused successful 1 lawsuit is his son, Jai Anmol Ambani.
On Tuesday, the bureau conducted searches connected the premises of Mr. Jai Anmol and different accused persons successful Mumbai.
In the 2 cases, full alleged indebtedness defaults involving each the lenders is worthy ₹14,852 crore. One First Information Report is against RHFL, its promoters oregon directors, and chartless slope officials, based connected a ailment from Union Bank of India, alleging transgression conspiracy, cheating, and transgression misconduct, and wrongful nonaccomplishment of ₹228.06 crore.
The slope had declared the relationship of RHFL a non performing plus (NPA) connected September 30, 2019, and a fraud connected October 10, 2024. The institution had taken loans to the tune of ₹5,572.35 crore from 18 banks, fiscal institutions, and non banking fiscal companies (NBFCs), including Union Bank of India. “A thorough probe volition beryllium conducted into the allegations of defrauding each the banks oregon FIs etc. by the accused company,” said the CBI.
Following a tribunal permission, the bureau searched 2 authoritative premises of RHFL and the residential premises of its past director, Mr. Jai Anmol, and past main enforcement serviceman and full clip director, Ravindra Sudhalkar, successful Mumbai.
In this case, the slope had got a forensic audit study done. It indicated a “systematic diversion of borrowed funds”. “As per Forensic Audit report, it was noted that ₹12,573.06 crore were disbursed (by the company) to Potentially Indirectly Linked Entity (PILE)... it appears that astir 86% of the firm loans oregon GPCL (General Purpose Corporate Loan) (₹12,573.06 crores) were disbursed to PILE, immoderate of which were further lent to PILE oregon related parties oregon radical entities,” said the complaint, listing respective different alleged irregularities.
The 2nd lawsuit is against RCFL, the past directors Devang Pravin Mody and Ravindra Somayajula Rao, and chartless slope officials. As alleged, they cheated Bank of Maharashtra to the tune of ₹57.47 crore. The company’s indebtedness relationship turned NPA successful March 2020 and was declared a fraud connected October 4, 2025.
RCFL had taken ₹9,280 crore successful loans from 31 banks, fiscal institutions, NBFCs, firm bodies, etc. The slope alleged that a forensic audit detected galore irregularities. A cardinal contented was that the institution disbursed astir 68% of the wholesale loans (₹11,218.58 crore) to PILE, immoderate of which were further lent to PILE oregon related parties oregon radical entities.
The bureau searched the RCFL bureau successful Mumbai and residential premises of Mr. Mody successful Pune, pursuing tribunal permission.
In August, the CBI had registered a ₹2,929 crore “State Bank of India indebtedness fraud” lawsuit against Reliance Communication Limited (RCom), its past manager Anil D. Ambani, and others. According to the agency, the accused persons besides indulged successful imaginable routing of indebtedness funds, inter institution indebtedness transactions, misuse of income invoice financing, discounting of bills of RCom by Reliance Infratel Limited, question of funds done inter firm deposits, constitute disconnected of superior advances fixed to Netizen Engineering Private Limited, a radical institution of Reliance ADA Group, and instauration oregon constitute disconnected of fictitious debtors, etc.
The ailment mentioned that the institution had a full outstanding of ₹40,185.55 crore arsenic per the migration accusation expanse dated May 29, 2018, with respect to the recognition facilities extended by assorted banks and fiscal institutions.
It included ₹13,558.13 crore successful the substance of Chinese lenders CDB, CEXIM, and ICBC; ₹6,933.10 crore towards GCX Bonds, RCom Bond, Standard Chartered Bank, VTB Capital PLC, Deutsche Bank, Doha Bank QSC, HSBC, Emirates NBD Bank PJSC Dubai, ICBC, and Ahli United Bank; and ₹19,694.33 crore successful the lawsuit of 26 Indian lenders, besides comprising SBI.
The Enforcement Directorate is besides probing the alleged wealth laundering oregon Foreign Exchange Management Act usurpation angles and has made cumulative attachments of assets worthy ₹10,117 crore related to the Group.
