Acting on information received on stacking of foreign exchange in violation of rules, possession of assets disproportionate to sources of income and unaccounted- for money and others, the vigilance sleuths of Enforcement Directorate reportedly swooped down on a well-known chain of shops- Kumar Store- located at Nashvila Road, GMS Road and Rajpur Road in Dehradun on Tuesday. The raids started from 1 pm and continued till evening. Sources said that Enforcement Directorate made the biggest foreign currency (Rs 17 lakh) and Indian currency (Rs51 lakh) seizures amounting to Rs68 lakh after raiding the Kumar departmental store at three locations in Dehradun.
Police sources said that ED officials had earlier sought forces from the district police. Around a half dozen vigilance teams raided at three different locations, police informed.
However, the ED teams were tight-lipped while conducting the raids.
Sources said that the ED officials had seized computers and some documents from the raided shops. The shops thus raided were sealed. Employees were questioned too, it is learnt.