India, Aug. 23 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches in Mumbai at premises linked to telecom firm Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM) and industrialist Anil Ambani as part of its probe into an alleged bank loan fraud case registered on a complaint filed by state-owned State Bank of India (SBI), CBI officials said.

CBI officials said the searches were conducted at the official premises linked to RCOM, and the residential premises of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Group chairman Anil Ambani.

The agency registered the first information report (FIR) in this connection on Thursday and obtained search warrants from a special CBI court in Mumbai on Friday.

The FIR cited a complaint sent by SBI deputy general ma...