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ED charges Reliance Communications, Reliance Infrastructure over fund diversion
Some special officers in India check when big companies do not follow the rules about money.
This team is called the Enforcement Directorate, and they look for money that is hidden or taken wrongly.
They think two big companies, Reliance Communications and Reliance Infrastructure, took money they borrowed and used it for other things.
The officers say the companies gave some money to other Reliance companies and even bought personal things for owners in other countries.
That kind of taking money and hiding where it went is called money laundering.
The officers wrote an official complaint called a prosecution complaint and gave it to the court in Delhi.
They also want the court to keep properties worth more than 8,000 crore rupees so the money cannot be hidden.
In another part of the case, they say around 187 crore rupees from road projects was taken through fake contracts.
When people break money rules, officers can take their property to help return what was lost.
Now the court will decide whether the companies really did something wrong.
India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed separate prosecution complaints against Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Reliance Infrastructure (RIL) before courts in Delhi.
The ED alleges RCOM, Reliance Telecom and others fraudulently availed and diverted bank credit facilities, a scheme it says began at least by 2007.
Funds were allegedly layered through group companies, conduit entities, bank accounts and mutual funds, used to repay foreign debt and inflate RCOM's profits.
The ED is seeking confiscation of ₹8,078.06 crore in attached assets, including properties in New Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Chennai and Pune.
In the RIL case, the ED alleges about ₹187 crore was siphoned from four NHAI toll-road projects via sham sub-contracting, attaching ₹187 crore in assets on August 3, 2026.
- Who
- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed the complaints; accused include Reliance Communications, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Telecom and Reliance Infratel.
- What
- Prosecution complaints alleging diversion of loan funds, money laundering and siphoning of public funds from toll-road projects.
- Where
- Filed before courts in Delhi; the RIL case stems from an FIR by EOW Mumbai.
- When
- Complaints filed on a Saturday; a PMLA court took cognizance on June 15, 2026, and ₹187 crore in RIL assets were attached on August 3, 2026.
- Why
- Alleged fraudulent diversion of credit facilities and public funds, layered through group companies, to repay debts and finance personal assets.
Key facts
- Investigating agency
- Directorate of Enforcement (ED)
- Accused companies
- Reliance Communications, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Telecom, Reliance Infratel, Reliance Capital
- Confiscation sought
- ₹8,078.06 crore in attached assets
- RIL assets attached
- ₹187 crore (August 3, 2026)
- PMLA court cognizance
- June 15, 2026
- Alleged scheme start
- At least 2007
- RIL case basis
- EOW Mumbai FIR, February 2026











