ED carries out searches at TDI Group over Manesar land scam, seizes luxury vehicles and records

Reports coming in for today mention that The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out search operations at business and residential premises linked to Ravinder Taneja, chairperson of the TDI Group and managing director of several group firms, including TDI Infratech Ltd and TDI Infrastructure Ltd, as part of its investigation into the Gurgaon (Manesar) land scam.

The searches were conducted by the ED's Chandigarh Zone-I on September 28, 2026, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The case stems from an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The TDI Group has been under scrutiny over its alleged transactions with Atul Bansal and the group of firms led by his firm, ABWIL group, during the period under investigation.

According to the ED, its investigation has found that more than 400 acres of land in Manesar, Naurangpur and Lakhnoula villages, which had been notified for acquisition in 2007, was purchased from farmers by private builders and intermediaries at low prices.

The agency stated the farmers sold the land amid fears that it would be acquired by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC). The acquisition process was subsequently allowed to lapse and the award was eased. The same parcels were then sold by intermediaries at significantly elevated prices, generating substantial earnings, the ED alleged.

The agency has identified the TDI Group, led by Taneja, as one such intermediary.

The ED stated that during the land acquisition period between 2005 and 2007, the TDI Group used three firms — Indo Asian Construction Co. Pvt. Ltd., NCR Properties Pvt. Ltd. and Diwa Jyoti Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. — to purchase nearly 33 acres of land from farmers.

The land was subsequently sold to the Atul Bansal group at high earnings, the agency stated.

The searches continued for more than three days and covered premises in New Delhi and SAS Nagar. Records relating to alleged irregularities and illegalities in other projects additionally surfaced during the searches and are being examined further, the ED stated.

Officials stated dozens of project records and files, digital devices, computers, hard disks, servers and luxury vehicles identified as proceeds of crime were seized during the operation.

The examination of the seized records, assets and financial affairs of the TDI Group firms is under way, the agency stated. The investigation stays ongoing and is subject to its further course.

ED, Chandigarh has conducted searches at the premises of TDI Group Chairperson Ravinder Taneja in connection with an ongoing PMLA, 2002 probe linked to the 2015 Gurgaon Manesar Land Scam involving transactions with Atul Bansal's ABWIL group. During the search incriminated… pic.twitter.com/kfJuVydqsV