The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at around nine locations in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving a local cooperative bank, officials said.

Case linked to multiple FIRs

The searches were carried out in connection with a case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The investigation stems from multiple FIRs registered by Avdhutwadi Police Station in Yavatmal against officials and employees of Babaji Date Mahila Sahakari Bank and its borrowers.