Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out searches at 18 locations across Karnataka on Wednesday, targeting premises belonging to state Public Works Department Minister Satish Jarkiholi and his daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi, a Member of Parliament, in connection with an alleged money laundering investigation.

The enforcement agency launched the coordinated operation following specific intelligence, working alongside central security forces to search properties linked to key individuals under investigation pursuant to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Multiple investigative teams deployed simultaneously across the designated locations, executing warrants at the residences and offices of the senior minister and his daughter.

The operational crackdown comes roughly three months after the agency searched the Belagavi residence of Y Manjunath, Additional Commissioner of Excise and brother-in-law to Satish Jarkiholi, on 24 June, when officers also raided properties owned by close associates and family members.

The latest searches are reportedly connected to an investigation into illegal overseas fund transfers, with officers seeking to establish the monetary trail involved.

ANI