The searches were conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) based on a 2024 Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) FIR alleging an organised syndicate involved in facilitating illegal infiltration, arranging forged Indian identity documents and helping Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals settle in different parts of the country.

The agency’s prevention of money laundering act probe in the matter is based a first information report (FIR) of Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) | India News

The Enforcement Directorate searches are part of a money laundering investigation into a terror funding network. The probe stems from an Uttar Pradesh ATS FIR concerning illegal…