Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani refused to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case for the second time on Monday.

The businessman said he was ready to depose before the federal probe agency via "virtual appearance/recorded video", a statement he made when he skipped the summons the first time on November 14.

The ED had rejected Ambani's offer and issued him a fresh summons for Monday. It was not clear if the agency would issue a third summons now.

Proceedings under the FEMA are civil in nature, as against the criminal processes under the anti-money laundering law.

In a statement, a spokesperson of the 66-year-old businessman said, “Mr Anil D. Ambani has offered to make himself available for the recording of his statement, at any da

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