The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at around 18 premises linked to Karnataka Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Satish Jarkiholi, his daughter and Chikkodi Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Jarkiholi, and several others, reports quoting officials said.
The searches were carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of an ongoing money-laundering investigation.
The move comes almost three months after the ED searched the residence of Y Manjunath, Additional Commissioner of Excise and also the brother-in-law of Satish Jarkiholi, in Belagavi on June 24. The ED teams then also searched the residences of his close aides and relatives.
The raids then pertained to allegations surrounding an alleged liquor-licensing bribery syndicate and suspected money laundering.
The current searches are reportedly linked to the illegal transfer of money to foreign countries, and the operation is to find out the trail of money.
(With inputs from ANI)
