Yes Bank crisis: Enforcement Directorate summons Anil Ambani

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday summoned Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani for questioning as part of the probe into the Yes Bank case.Ambani was asked to join the probe after the agency began looking into all of Yes Bank's past big lendings, news agency PTI reported. Kapoor, his wife Bindu Kapoor and daughters Roshini Kapoor, Rakhee Kapoor Tandon and Radha Kapoor Khanna have been accused of having received kickbacks to the tune of ₹600 crore for the firm controlled by them, from an entity linked to the scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL).

Ambani’s group companies are stated to have taken loans of about Rs 12,800 crore from the bank that turned NPA.It is understood that Ambani has sought exemption on health grounds from the agency and he may be issued a new date. Officials said promoters of all the big companies who had taken large loans from the beleaguered bank which later turned bad, are being summoned for questioning in the case to take investigation forward. Ambani’s statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) upon deposition, they said. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in a March 6 press conference that the Anil Ambani Group, Essel, ILFS, DHFL, were among the stressed corporates Yes Bank had exposure to. Rana Kapoor (62), is at present in ED custody after he was arrested by the central probe agency early this month.