The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted several search operations in Mumbai due to a money-laundering investigation linked to the operations of the underworld and connected property transactions, media reports said.

About ten locations were covered in Mumbai city, and the investigation is being conducted under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED investigation is based on an FIR filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), and some intelligence inputs got from a former agency.