Businessman Anil Ambani’s wife, Tina Ambani, on Monday skipped a summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged banking and corporate frauds worth around ₹40,000 crore, officials said.

Sources said the federal probe agency is likely to issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani as part of the ongoing investigation. The case pertains to transactions involving companies of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and related entities.

The ED has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged fraud. The team is being led by an additional director-rank officer from the agency’s headquarters investigation unit (HIU) and includes around half a dozen other officers, according to news agency PTI, citing sources.

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The move follows directions from the Supreme Court, which last week asked the ED to form an SIT to conduct a “fair, independent, prompt and dispassionate” investigation into cases involving ADAG. The top court also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is conducting a parallel probe, to examine any possible nexus, collusion or conspiracy and take its investigation to its logical conclusion.

The ED has been probing Anil Ambani and his group companies since last year and has so far registered three Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The agency has also attached assets worth about ₹12,000 crore.

Ambani, 66, was questioned by the ED last year over alleged bank loan irregularities involving group firms. Recently, the agency arrested Punit Garg, a former senior executive and ex-president of Reliance Communications (RCOM), in connection with the case. The Anil Ambani Group has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

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