New Delhi: Tina Ambaniwife Anil Ambani member of the Reliance Group, skipping the law enforcement bureau (ED) Tuesday. She failed to show up at the agency’s headquarters when she received a subpoena related to the money laundering investigation. Tina was earlier summoned on February 9. Her husband was summoned for questioning on Wednesday in connection with investigations into his group entities, including Reliance Communications and Reliance Power Ltd. Anil is facing investigation in a Rs 40,000-crore money laundering case. To expedite the investigation, the Education Bureau has issued letters rogatory (LR) to the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and some tax havens to seek more details about the alleged financial traces. LRs, which are formal requests for the production/verification of evidence issued through the courts to foreign jurisdictions, have been sent to trace “proceeds of crime” purportedly generated from bank loans received by group entities. Anil was questioned in August last year when he was asked to disclose details about his overseas assets and other transactions. Last year, the ED conducted 46 searches, including premises in Mumbai linked to Anil and attached properties worth over Rs 12,000 crore. The agency has also constituted an SIT on the directions of the Supreme Court to expedite investigations.
