Gujarat government transferred Surendranagar District Magistrate Rajendrakumar Patel on Wednesday (24 December). No new responsibility has been assigned to him at present. This step of the government has come at a time when a junior officer posted in the District Magistrate’s office has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case related to bribery.

On Tuesday, ED took a major action in Surendranagar and raided the house of Revenue Officer Chandrasingh Mori posted in the District Magistrate’s office. During this period, Rs 67.50 lakh cash was recovered from his residence. ED alleges that this amount is related to bribe and it was kept under money laundering. Mori was arrested in this case.

According to the notification issued by the General Administration Department, Rajendrakumar Patel has been removed from the post of Surendranagar District Magistrate with immediate effect. His services have been placed under GAD till further orders. This means that at present he will not handle the responsibility of any district or department.

New in-charge District Magistrate appointed

It has also been made clear in the notification that District Development Officer K.S. Yagnik has been given additional charge of Surendranagar District Magistrate till further orders. This interim arrangement has been made to ensure that there is no interruption in administrative work.

presented in court

After his arrest, Chandrasingh Mori was produced in a special PMLA court here on Wednesday. On the demand of ED, the court has sent him to ED custody till January 1. ED is now investigating how the recovered cash was collected and who else could be involved in it.

Now everyone’s eyes are on the further investigation by ED and the next decisions of the government. It is believed that more names may also come under the ambit of investigation, while political and administrative discussions have intensified regarding the transfer of the District Magistrate.

Ed Raids Against Reliance Infra: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action on Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra), a company of Anil Ambani Group. On Tuesday, ED raided six places from Mumbai to Indore. This action is part of the ongoing investigation under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), in which the company has been accused of illegal funds abroad.

What is the case?

1. The ED is already investigating loans of more than Rs 17,000 crore in Reliance Infra and other companies of the group under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
2. A SEBI report alleged that R-Infra used money as an inter-corporate deposit (ICD) in other companies of Reliance Group through a company called Cle.
3. It is alleged that the company did not reveal CLE as a “concerned party” so that the approval of shareholders and audit panels could be avoided.

Company rescue

The Reliance Group has dismissed these allegations. The company says that:

• The case of about Rs 10,000 crore is about 10 years old.
• The actual risk of the company was only Rs 6,500 crore, which it had already made public in its financial statements.
• The matter was disclosed by the company on 9 February 2025.
• R-Infra claims that it has reached the agreement through compulsory arbitration proceedings and petition filed in Bombay High Court to recover this entire risk.

Anil Ambani’s status

The company has made it clear that Anil Ambani has not been included in the R-infra board since March 2022 and has no direct role for more than three years. Overall, this action of ED has increased the pressure on Reliance Infra. In the coming time, the investigation can deepen the difficulties of the company and Anil Ambani group.

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Ed raids on anil ambani companies: The action of raiding the Central Agency ED in Mumbai against the companies of Reliance Group President Anil Ambani continued on Saturday for the third day. The investigating agency seized a large number of documents and computer devices. According to the news agency PTI, the ED started a raid on July 24, taking action in the moneylanding case related to bank loan fraud. Along with this, some companies have also been accused of financial irregularities worth crores of rupees.

Raid on Anil Ambani’s companies

According to PTI, the ED started raids on Thursday under the Prevention of Moneymilandering and raided some locations in more than 35 campuses in Mumbai on Saturday. According to reports, these campuses belong to 50 companies and 25 people, including many officials of Anil Ambani Group companies.

Citing ED sources, news agency PTI further said that between 2017 and 2019, this raid is being conducted on allegations of misuse of loan of about Rs 3000 crore for Yes Bank. Two companies of Reliance Group- Reliance Power and Reliance Infrastructure told the stock market on Thursday in separate information that the action of ED will not have any effect on their business operation, finance performance, shareholders, staff or any other.

Accused of misuse of loan money

It has been said by the companies that the information given in the media reports seems to be associated with allegations related to the transactions of ‘Reliance Communications Limited’ (RCOM) or ‘Reliance Home Finance Limited’ (RHFL). The news agency was further quoted by PTI sources that the investigation has revealed that just before the loan was given, the promoters received funds through their institutions, which indicates bribery transactions.

The agency is investigating the case related to “bribe” and loan. Sources said that in the loan approval given by the federal agency Yes Bank to Reliance Ambani Group companies, the loan documents of the previous date, proposing the bank’s loan policy clearly violating the bank’s loan policy, proposing investment without any appropriate investigation or loan analysis like “gross violations” are investigating allegations.

The case of misuse of the alleged loan fund of about Rs 10,000 crore associated with Reliance Infrastructure is also under the investigation of the agency. It is believed that a report of SEBI regarding ‘Reliance Home Finance Limited’ (RHFL) also became the basis of the ED investigation.

According to market regulator findings, corporate loans given by RHFL saw an increase, which increased from Rs 3,742.60 crore in FY 2017-18 to Rs 8,670.80 crore in FY 2018-19. Companies also said in the information given to the stock market that Anil Ambani was neither on the board of ‘Reliance Power’ nor ‘Reliance Infrastructure’ and has no commercial or financial relations with ‘Reliance Communications’ or ‘Reliance Home Finance Limited’.

Companies said that any action taken against ‘Reliance Communications’ or ‘Reliance Home Finance Limited’ will not affect the operation and management of ‘Reliance Power’ or ‘Reliance Infrastructure’.

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An organized conversion gang under the leadership of Chhangur Baba alias Jamaluddin has been exposed in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh. This gang was engaged in seduction of women and minors or forcibly confessing to Islam. The goal of the gang was to convert on the Indo-Nepal border on a large scale.

In the investigation of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and other central agencies, the racket has found evidence of getting heavy foreign funding from UAE, Turkey, Canada, America, UK and Gulf countries. Five suspected bank accounts have been identified in Chhangur Baba’s UAE. Investigation has revealed that this money was being used for conversion along with mosque, madrasa and tomb construction.

Doubt on the role of IRF and Zakir Naik

In this racket, the involvement of absconding Islamic pracharak Zakir Naik and his organization Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) has also been revealed. According to the report, between 2003 and 2017, IRF received a funding of Rs 64 crore from Gulf countries, which was spent in India for fundamentalist propaganda and purchases of properties.

Simi and PFI’s involvement confirmation

The investigation also revealed that Chhangur Baba’s network was in contact with banned organizations SIMI and Popular Front of India (PFI). Some members of PFI, who were earlier associated with SIMI, were engaged in carrying out money from the Middle East countries and carrying out terrorist activities in India.

The ED recently raided 14 places including Balrampur, Mumbai (Bandra and Mahim). During this period, suspected transactions of Rs 2 crore were detected, which was transferred to Chhangur’s associate Shahzad Sheikh’s account.

Report submitted to Ministry of Home Affairs

A detailed report of the Income Tax Department was submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs in February 2025, which mentioned the ongoing radical activities through foreign funding on the Indo-Nepal border. Based on this report, now the agencies are taking action towards eliminating the entire network.

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