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NEW DELHI: Anil Ambani adjutant and elder Reliance Power enforcement Ashok Kumar Pal arrested by ED successful wealth laundering probe from Delhi, officials said connected Saturday.Pal was arrested connected Friday night, aft respective hours of questioning.He volition beryllium produced earlier the justice contiguous astatine 9.30am.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating alleged fiscal irregularities and imaginable violations nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This comes aft a large-scale ED cognition connected July 24, during which 35 premises, 50 companies and implicit 25 individuals linked to Reliance Anil Ambani Group (RAAGA) firms were searched. The probe follows a wealth laundering lawsuit registered based connected a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In August, officials told ANI that preliminary findings constituent to a “well-planned and thought-out scheme” to siphon nationalist funds by defrauding banks, investors, and nationalist institutions. The relation of Yes Bank, including its then-promoter, is besides nether scrutiny, according to officials.The ED suspects the amerciable diversion of astir Rs 3,000 crore successful loans disbursed by Yes Bank betwixt 2017 and 2019. The probe is reportedly based connected inputs from aggregate regulatory and fiscal bodies, including the National Housing Bank, SEBI, National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), and the Bank of Baroda.
