The market regulator charged them with diversion of funds; also fined Ambani $3 million for orchestrating a scheme to ‘siphon off’ funds from Reliance Home Finance Ltd.
Lease was given in 2009 for a period of 30 years. Govt is also thinking of paying off dues on condition that Ambani's firm pay back so that the airports can be restarted, he adds.
The probe pertains to the alleged possession of undisclosed assets abroad and the linked movement of funds. Anil Ambani is expected to reappear before the ED later this week.
SEBI in February had issued a retraining order on founder Ambani and other top executives of a group entity, Reliance Home Finance, for allegedly diverting funds to repay debt.
Reliance Capital joins a long list of Indian shadow banks that have keeled over since the sudden collapse of infrastructure financier IL&FS Group in September 2018.
The Reliance empire was plunged into uncertainty in 2002 when Dhirubhai Ambani died without a will, subsequently sparking a years-long battle for control between brothers Mukesh and Anil.
For India, the strategic ripples are significant. The immediate concern is Pakistan’s diplomatic gain as it embeds itself deeper into the defence framework of the Middle East.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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