Lucknow,

18 July (HS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids in Lucknow,

Noida, Rohtak and Gurugram. During this, 135 bank accounts of three suspicious

shell companies have been frozen and about Rs 204 crore has been seized.

In

a post on X, the ED wrote that the ED, Chandigarh Zonal Office conducted a

search operation on July 4 at the premises of three suspected shell companies

namely M/s Kindant Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, M/s Ranet Technology Pvt Ltd and

M/s Moolah Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, located at Noida and Lucknow in Uttar

Pradesh under the provisions of PMLA, 2002. Based

on the evidence recovered and confirmations received from various banks, the ED

has frozen 135 bank accounts linked to these entities. A total of Rs 204 crore

of proceeds of crime (POC) has been frozen under the ongoing investigation. So

far, POC of Rs 391 crore has been frozen in this case.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi