After filing a case against former Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and others for allegedly misappropriating Rs 332 crore from development funds in Manipur, the officials said on Friday the CBI carried out searches at nine locations in three cities and during searches at Singh’s residence, it recovered Rs 11.47 lakh in cash and Rs 26.49 lakh in old demonetised currency — a crime with may lead to penalty of five times the recovered currency.

Also, the CBI seized Rs 10 lakh old currency from another accused and former Project Director of MDS Y Ningthem Singh.

The agency searched the residences of Singh and former IAS officers who were part of the Manipur Development Society in Aizawl, Imphal and Gurgaon, they said. As many eight luxury cars, including Audi, Mitsibushi, Honda and Hyundai were found during the searches at Singh’s residence.

Singh, the then chairman of the Manipur Development Society (MDS), during his tenure from June 30, 2009 to July 6, 2017, in alleged conspiracy with others, misappropriated Government funds to the tune of Rs 332 crore out of the total amount of Rs 518 crore which was entrusted to them for the purpose of executing development work, the CBI said in a statement.

The CBI registered the case on November 19 following a request from the Manipur Government routed through the Centre. Besides Singh, the CBI has also named three former MDS chairmen — D S Poonia, PC Lawmuknga, O Nabakishore Singh — all retired IAS officers.  Y Ningthem Singh, the former project director of the society and S Ranjit Singh, its administrative officer have also been named accused in the FIR.

The CBI also found property and bank documents from residence of Poonia, Lawmkunga and Nabakishore and the same are being scrutinised.