Patna: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches in Patna and some other locations on premises linked with some politically connected persons as part of a money laundering investigation in alleged illegal sand mining, official sources said.
Two-three premises in Patna and one in Bengaluru were raided, the sources said, adding that the action was being taken against a man named Hulas Pandey and some others.
Pandey, as per his profile on X, identifies himself as a member of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).The ED is investigating a sand mining-linked money laundering case in Bihar and in this connection the premises of some politically linked persons are being raided, they said.