Tina Ambani, wife of industrialist Anil Ambani, on Friday appeared before the trial court hearing the 2G case as a prosecution witness. Just like her husband a day before, her deposition did not throw much light on the case as the prosecuting agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation, would have wanted.
During her one-an-half-hour long deposition, Tina told the court that she had no role in the running of Reliance ADAG as she was ‘a housewife’. ‘I run a hospital and do a lot of social work. I have never been associated with any company of this group,’ she told special CBI judge OP Saini.
Not satisfied with the answers of Tina Ambani, the CBI said it wanted to cross-examine her. ‘Tina Ambani is concealing facts, her replies are not satisfactory. We want to cross examine her. She’s deliberately concealing knowledge about her consent to the documents and the role played by her,’ CBI said.
Tina said she does not know Reliance ADAG’s top executives Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair, who are facing trial along with the group’s MD Gautam Doshi. She also denied the CBI’s claims that she was deliberately withholding facts from the court regarding the roles of three executives in the alleged associate firms of the group.
She also denied she knew everything about the six companies, which are said to be associate firms of Reliance ADAG.
‘It is wrong to suggest that I know everything about the six companies, that is, ADAE Ventures (P) Ltd, AAA Consultancy Services Co (P) Ltd, Tiger
Traders (P) Ltd, Zebra Consultants (P) Ltd, Parrot Consultants (P) Ltd and Swan Consultants (P) Ltd, and I am deliberately withholding facts from the court in this regard,’ she said during her cross examination by the CBI.
The CBI prosecutor showed her various documents of these six associate firms and asked, ‘On seeing these documents, do you recall your role in these companies as chairperson of some board meetings, authorised signatory for operating bank accounts and as director, wherever you were so.’ Responding to the query, Tina said she does not recall any of her roles but if it was mentioned in the documents, then she must have acted in that capacity.
During her one-an-half-hour long deposition, Tina told the court that she had no role in the running of Reliance ADAG as she was ‘a housewife’. ‘I run a hospital and do a lot of social work. I have never been associated with any company of this group,’ she told special CBI judge OP Saini.
Not satisfied with the answers of Tina Ambani, the CBI said it wanted to cross-examine her. ‘Tina Ambani is concealing facts, her replies are not satisfactory. We want to cross examine her. She’s deliberately concealing knowledge about her consent to the documents and the role played by her,’ CBI said.
Tina said she does not know Reliance ADAG’s top executives Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair, who are facing trial along with the group’s MD Gautam Doshi. She also denied the CBI’s claims that she was deliberately withholding facts from the court regarding the roles of three executives in the alleged associate firms of the group.
She also denied she knew everything about the six companies, which are said to be associate firms of Reliance ADAG.
‘It is wrong to suggest that I know everything about the six companies, that is, ADAE Ventures (P) Ltd, AAA Consultancy Services Co (P) Ltd, Tiger
Traders (P) Ltd, Zebra Consultants (P) Ltd, Parrot Consultants (P) Ltd and Swan Consultants (P) Ltd, and I am deliberately withholding facts from the court in this regard,’ she said during her cross examination by the CBI.
The CBI prosecutor showed her various documents of these six associate firms and asked, ‘On seeing these documents, do you recall your role in these companies as chairperson of some board meetings, authorised signatory for operating bank accounts and as director, wherever you were so.’ Responding to the query, Tina said she does not recall any of her roles but if it was mentioned in the documents, then she must have acted in that capacity.