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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, conducted searches astatine 15 locations crossed 8 cities connected Wednesday, successful transportation with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) adulterated ghee case.
The searches were carried retired successful Ahilyanagar, Bikaner, Dehradun, Delhi, Dindigul, Guntur, Mumbai and Roorkee, astatine the residential and bureau premises of respective accused persons, including Pomil Jain, Vipin Jain, Raju Rajasekaran, Rajesh Mansukhlal Chavda, Apurva Vinaykanth Chavda, Machindra Shantaram Lanke, Ajay Kumar Sugandh, Mahesh Kumar Rohira and Ashish Agarwal.
According to the ED, currency amounting to ₹60 lakh was seized during the searches. Investigators besides gathered details of investments allegedly made from proceeds of transgression successful properties valued astatine much than ₹45 crore, too identifying respective immovable properties held successful the names of the accused and their household members.
Searches were besides conducted astatine dairy plants operated by A.R. Dairy Food Pvt. Ltd., Malganga Milk & Agro Products Pvt. Ltd. and Bhole Baba Organic Dairy Milk Pvt. Ltd. The bureau said incriminating documents were recovered, indicating the usage of aggregate concern entities to conceal and furniture proceeds of crime.
The ED initiated its probe nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act based connected an FIR alleging that adulterated ghee was supplied to TTD, causing wrongful nonaccomplishment to the temple body. Further probe is nether way.
