20 March,2026 10:26 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Anil Ambani appeared before the CBI on Friday. File pic
Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani was once again interrogated by the CBI on Friday for seven hours. Ambani in Delhi was questioned for the second day straight in connection with the alleged Rs 2,929.05 crore SBI fraud case
As reported by news agency IANS, the CBI had registered an FIR on August 21, 2025, following a complaint filed by SBI over allegations of fraud to the tune of Rs 2,929.05 crore against the public sector bank, in which Reliance Communications Limited, Anil D. Ambani and others, including unknown public servants, are accused.
A senior official said, "During the investigation of this case, earlier the CBI had summoned accused Anil Ambani for interrogation on Thursday at the Head Office in Delhi," as per IANS.
He further added, "Since the interrogation remained incomplete on Thursday, Anil Ambani was summoned again to the CBI office on Friday."
Furthermore, a criminal case was registered against Reliance Communications Limited, Anil D. Ambani and others unknown, including unknown public servants, on the complaint dated August 18, 2025, from the State Bank of India (SBI), which is the lead bank in the consortium of 11 banks, including Bank of India, Central Bank of India, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, and all the other banks that had extended loans to the Anil Ambani group.
The complaint is based on a forensic audit report that alleges large-scale diversion and misutilisation of loan funds through interlinked and circuitous transactions among group entities during the period 2013-17. The diversions of funds, as per the complaint, resulted in wrongful loss of Rs 2,929.05 crore to SBI out of a total exposure of Rs 19,694.33 crore involving 17 public sector banks, according to an official statement, as per IANS.
Subsequent to the registration of the case, separate complaints were received from Punjab National Bank, Bank of India, Union Bank of India, UCO Bank, Central Bank of India, IDBI Bank and Bank of Maharashtra.
Another case has been registered against Anil D. Ambani and others, including some public servants, on February 25, 2026. The case was filed on the basis of a complaint filed on February 24, 2026, by the Bank of Baroda, which includes the exposure of e-Dena Bank and e-Vijaya Bank, as per IANS.
Following a series of complaints against Anil Ambani, the CBI obtained search warrants from the court of the Special Judge for the CBI, Mumbai, and conducted searches at two official premises of Reliance Communications Limited on August 23, 2025.
(With inputs from IANS)
