Tina Ambani Avoids ED Interrogation; A Fresh Summons Will Be Issued

Last updated: February 10, 2026 10:41 am

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to issue fresh summons to industrialist Anil Ambani’s wife Tina Ambani after she failed to appear for questioning on Monday in connection with the money laundering probe against Reliance Group, people familiar with the matter said.

Tina Ambani was scheduled to appear for questioning on Monday. (x)The federal agency last Wednesday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cases against Anil Ambani-led group companies as directed by the Supreme Court.

“We will issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani. She was supposed to appear on Monday but she did not turn up,” said an official, who did not want to be named.

HT has contacted Reliance Group for a comment. Anil Ambani was questioned in this case last year.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked central agencies and the government to ensure that Anil Ambani does not leave the country. It directed agencies to act “fairly, expeditiously and without fear or prejudice” on the scale of alleged embezzlement of public funds.

The ED’s affidavit in the court said that its investigation has so far revealed large-scale defaults by several Reliance Group entities. The company said Reliance Home Finance Ltd has defaulted on loans worth Rs ₹7,523.46 crore from 33 banks and financial institutions, of which lenders can recover ₹2,116.28 crore after resolution, leaving a net default ₹5,407.18 crores, constitutes alleged proceeds of crime under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Debt default of Reliance Commercial Finance Limited ₹8,226.05 crore from 21 lenders, including recovery only ₹1,945.48 crores, thereby amounting to the alleged offence ₹6,280.57 crores.

In the Reliance Communications Ltd case, registered after a complaint by the State Bank of India, the ED said it and its group companies, Reliance Telecom Ltd and Reliance Infratel Ltd, took total outstanding loans from 13 foreign banks and institutional investors and 26 Indian banks and financial institutions. ₹40,185.55 crore, which also constitutes the alleged proceeds of crime.