The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches in multiple locations in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case related to the underworld.
Media reports said the raids were in connection with a case against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim. ED officials, reportedly, reached the residence of the late Haseena Parkar, the sister of Dawood.
About ten locations were covered in Maharashtra's capital city and the action is being conducted under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Some premises linked to a politician are also being covered, officials said.
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The ED action is based on an FIR filed recently by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and some intelligence inputs received by the former agency, they said.
The Times of India reported "... ED’s focus will be to investigate Dawood gang’s hawala network and narco-terrorism. Among the raided premises includes Dawood’s stronghold Nagpada area. It is alleged that Dawood is diverting his illegal money through his hawala channel for spreading terrorism, promoting anti-national activities and creating rifts between religious groups in India.”
