Digital Desk: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) apprehended a person from Mumbai on Tuesday to investigate a money-laundering probe connected to underworld operations, illegal property dealings, and hawala transactions.
Multiple searches were undertaken by ED teams in Mumbai earlier this morning. The raids are currently taking place at ten different places throughout Maharashtra's capital city. Officials said that action is being taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
According to officials, the ED move is based on a recent FIR filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai blasts and a fugitive gangster as well as some independent intelligence inputs acquired by the former agency.
According to the sources, the anti-money laundering agency is looking for evidence related to hawala, extortion, and illegal property deals tied to the Mumbai mafia. According to the official, it is also looking into potential political ties to these dodgy agreements.
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