NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted nation-wide searches against several bureaucrats, including an IAS officer, in connection with its separate money laundering cases against them on corruption charges.
A total of 20 officers and their 18 premises in ten states were covered under the said action by the agency that began early morning.
The ED said the searches were carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the action was part of gathering additional data, documents and information against the accused in these cases to take forward the investigation.
In West Bengal’s Kolkata, the agency searched the premises of an IAS officer, whom it had booked under PMLA on the basis of a case registered against him under anti-corruption laws by the State Government.
“It is alleged that the said officer, in connivance with some engineers, had released Rs 60 crore by falsification and manipulation of tender documents,” the agency said in a statement.
Similarly, it searched the premises of a Project Engineer in Noida in connection with the money laundering case it is probing against former Noida Chief Engineer Yadav Singh.
In Delhi, three retired officers of the State Trading Corporation (STC) including an ex-CMD were raided. (AGENCIES)
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