Anil Ambani has proposed appearing before the Enforcement Directorate virtually to record his statement, according to a spokesperson for the Reliance Group chairman on Monday.
“ED summons to Mr. Anil D. Ambani pertains solely to the recording of his statement,” the spokesperson said in a statement. He has volunteered to make himself available for statement recording “at any date and time suitable to ED” through virtual appearance or recorded video.
The ED has called Anil Ambani for questioning in a FEMA case connected to the Jaipur-Reengus highway project. Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. had contracted an EPC firm for the road’s construction. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has maintained operations of the highway for more than four years.
“The matter is 15 years old, dates to 2010, and concerns issues related to a road contractor, as per an ED media release,” the Anil Ambani spokesperson stated. “This was a purely domestic contract with no foreign exchange component involved whatsoever.”
“Anil Ambani for about 15 years from April 2007 to March 2022 always served as a non-executive director at Reliance Infrastructure not in-charge for day-to-day operations of the company.”