Money Laundering Probe To Be Launched In Mukesh Ambani Bomb Scare Case

The Enforcement Directorate, which investigates financial frauds, has taken note of the first information report filed by the NIA.

A money laundering case will be filed by the Enforcement Directorate amid an intensifying probe after a car - laden with explosives - was found abandoned last month outside Antilia, the Mumbai home of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani. The probe, which has expanded into a multi-agency investigation, has also led to a political row in Maharashtra, plunging Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government into one of the biggest controversies it has faced.  The Enforcement Directorate, which investigates financial frauds, has taken note of the first information report filed by the NIA (National Investigation Agency) in the bomb scare case. The probe agency has also sought details from Maharashtra's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), which had been initially investigating the case before central agencies took over. The ED will also launch a money-laundering probe in the death case of a Thane businessman - Mansukh Hiran- linked to the bomb scare. It was his SUV that was stolen and then found abandoned outside Mukesh Ambani's home. Days later, he was found dead in a creek. Mr Hiran's wife, after his death, had alleged the involvement of a Mumbai cop, Sachin Waze, who has now been suspended and is in NIA custody.