Enforcement Directorate conducts multiple raids and faces judicial scrutiny in India

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted several high-profile searches and faced judicial scrutiny across India. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the agency searched locations linked to Kadapa MP Y. S. Avinash Reddy and others in connection with a money-laundering probe into the 2019 murder of former minister Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy. The investigation is focusing on an alleged ₹4-crore cash transaction identified during a CBI probe.

In Delhi, the High Court criticized the ED for attempting to sustain a money laundering case by adding a six-year-old FIR to an existing report after the original basis for the case had been closed. Additionally, the court is seeking a response from the Anti-Corruption Branch regarding Ankit Shrivastava’s challenge to his arrest in the Delhi Jal Board tender scam.

Other enforcement actions include raids on the residence of former Congress leader Ramgopal Agrawal regarding an alleged ₹3,000-crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh, and searches in Delhi-NCR involving the Tashee Group over an alleged ₹386-crore homebuyer fraud.