Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen assets worth Rs 581.65 crore belonging to industrialist Anil Ambani across 13 states, including Tamil Nadu, in connection with an alleged money-laundering case.
The action follows a case registered by the CBI, which has accused Ambani of borrowing large sums from multiple banks and committing fraud. Based on the CBI case, the ED also registered a case and is continuing its investigation.
Officials said the latest freezing covers properties located in states such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab, among others.
Earlier, the ED had frozen assets worth Rs 15,729 crore linked to Ambani in connection with alleged bank loan fraud involving companies including Reliance Communications and Reliance Commercial Finance.
