Archive · 3 Oct 2026
ED Searches TDI Group Premises in Gurgaon Land Scam Probe
India’s Enforcement Directorate is investigating land deals connected to TDI Group.
It searched places linked to the group’s chairperson, Ravinder Taneja.
The agency says the case concerns land in Haryana that was once marked for government acquisition.
It alleges that some companies bought land from farmers and later sold it for more money after the acquisition plan was dropped.
The ED says TDI companies were among the intermediaries involved.
Investigators took files, computers and other digital equipment, as well as some luxury vehicles.
They are now examining what they found.
The investigation has not been completed.
The Enforcement Directorate searched business and residential premises linked to TDI Group chairperson Ravinder Taneja.
The searches began on September 28, 2026, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, following a Central Bureau of Investigation FIR.
The probe concerns land acquisition notifications for more than 400 acres in Manesar, Naurangpur and Lakhnoula in 2007.
The ED alleges three TDI companies bought nearly 33 acres from farmers in 2005–07 and later sold it to the Atul Bansal group at higher prices.
Officials seized project records, computers, digital devices, hard disks, servers and luxury vehicles; the investigation is ongoing.
- Who
- The Enforcement Directorate is investigating TDI Group and its chairperson Ravinder Taneja; the agency also cites transactions involving Atul Bansal and companies associated with his ABWIL group.
- What
- Searches were conducted as part of a money-laundering investigation into alleged Gurgaon-Manesar land transactions.
- When
- The searches began on September 28, 2026, and continued for more than three days.
- Where
- Premises in New Delhi and SAS Nagar were searched; the land transactions under investigation involve Manesar, Naurangpur and Lakhnoula.
- Why
- The ED is examining alleged land purchases and resales linked to a land acquisition process that lapsed, following a CBI-registered FIR.
Enforcement Directorate’s allegations
Status and response
Land transactions
Enforcement Directorate’s allegations
The ED alleges that three TDI companies bought nearly 33 acres from farmers and later sold the land to the Atul Bansal group at higher prices.
Status and response
The article gives no response from TDI Group, Ravinder Taneja or Atul Bansal; the allegations remain under investigation.
Seized vehicles
Enforcement Directorate’s allegations
The ED identified luxury vehicles as proceeds of crime and seized them.
Status and response
The article provides no response from the owners or any independent determination of the vehicles’ status.
- Investigating agency
- Enforcement Directorate, Chandigarh Zone-I
- Legal basis
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
- Search date
- September 28, 2026
- Search duration
- More than three days
- Land area notified
- More than 400 acres in 2007
- Land attributed to TDI companies
- Nearly 33 acres, allegedly purchased during 2005–07
- Items seized
- Project files, records, computers, digital devices, hard disks, servers and luxury vehicles