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Reliance Infrastructure fights forex fine

By Joe Leahy in Mumbai

Published: December 23 2008 18:48 | Last updated: December 23 2008 18:48

A company controlled by Anil Ambani, India’s third richest man, is contesting a central bank finding that it violated foreign exchange rules governing the use of proceeds of loans raised overseas.

The Reserve Bank of India ruled in August that power company Reliance Infrastructure should be fined Rs1.25bn ($25m) for repatriating most of a foreign currency loan and investing it in one of the group’s capital market funds in violation of regulations.

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