The Enforcement Directorate today conducted searches at multiple locations in and around the metropolis in connection with two cases registered against former Maharashtra PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal.


"We are conducting searches at multiple locations of those persons who are connected to the cases," said an ED official.


"The searches will continue throughout the day," the official said refusing to name the persons whose premises are being searched. Last week, the ED had registered two Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the NCP leader suspecting illegal transactions to the tune of Rs 900 crore in all, even as it summoned four individuals of a Singapore-based firm in which Bhujbal's company Armstrong Energy has invested.