The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at various locations in Jharkhand linked to Congress MLA Pradeep Yadav and others as part of a money laundering probe.
The five-term legislator from the Poraiyahat seat of the State is presently the deputy leader of the party in the State Assembly. Sources said about a dozen locations linked to the MLA in the State were searched as part of a probe being conducted against him and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
In 2022, the Income Tax Department had searched the premises of Yadav, and another party legislator as part of a tax evasion probe against some business groups engaged in coal trading and other illegal trading activities in Jharkhand.
