ED raids in Delhi classroom construction 'scam'

New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday searched multiple premises in the national capital as part of a money laundering investigation into the classroom construction 'scam' that is alleged to have taken place during the previous AAP government, official sources said.

The federal probe agency carried out the raids after it recently registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognisance of a Delhi Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR into the said allegations.

At least 37 premises of contractors and private entities linked to the case have been covered by the ED officials, the sources said.