ED attaches ₹94.76 crore in foreign bank accounts linked to Amira Pure Foods case
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached funds in foreign bank accounts amounting to about ₹94.76 crore maintained at the Bank of Singapore in an alleged
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached funds in foreign bank accounts amounting to about ₹94.76 crore maintained at the Bank of Singapore in an alleged money-laundering case involving Amira Pure Foods Private Limited. “The provisionally attached bank balances were maintained in the name of main accused Karan Chanana, Amira Foods Pte. Ltd. and Ananntya Pte. Ltd. The attachment has been served upon the parties through Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) mechanism with the United Kingdom and Singapore, and other available means,” said the agency on Thursday (July 30, 2026).
The ED initiated the probe based on a First Information Report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation. It alleges that the Amira Pure Foods, through its directors, promoters, employees and others, has committed fraud by siphoning off and diverting funds, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, and cheating, causing a wrongful loss of about ₹1,201.85 crore to a consortium of lenders led by Canara Bank. Amira Foods Group was in the business of manufacturing and selling branded packaged food, especially Indian basmati rice.
Its loan accounts turned non-performing asset in 2007. Based on its findings, the agency has filed a prosecution complaint against 21 accused persons/entities. Earlier, assets worth ₹131.51 crore were attached in the case. “Moreover, investigation conducted under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act further established that Karan A. Chanana and Anita Daing had left India and were residing in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, respectively, and had deliberately failed to return to India...Therefore, non-bailable warrants were issued against both accused,” said the agency.
The ED filed an application before a special Delhi court seeking declaration of Mr. Chanana and Ms. Daing, who were chairman-cum-managing director and whole-time director of the company, as fugitive economic offenders. It also sought confiscation of immovable properties belonging to them and their associates. Accordingly, on February 6, the court declared both the accused as fugitive economic offenders and directed confiscation of 46 immovable properties, valued at about ₹123 crore, located in Karnal and Faridabad, Haryana.
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