Lucknow, 08 July (HS): The Enforcement Directorate searched

various sites in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as part of a money laundering probe

into a former Samajwadi Party MLA and his associates, authorities said. They

stated that action had been taken against Deep Narayan Singh Yadav, a former

legislator from Jhansi's Garautha assembly constituency. The ED raided

locations in Jhansi and Lucknow under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act

(PMLA), according to officials.

The money laundering inquiry is the result of a FIR filed by the Uttar Pradesh

Vigilance Bureau against the ex-MLA for suspected ownership of excessive

assets, among 23 other charges. According to the officials, a preliminary

investigation discovered the creation and laundering of criminal funds through

a network of companies and LLPs involved in real estate, construction, and

other enterprises.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi