New Delhi, July 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen Rs 440.42 crore lying in three HDFC bank accounts of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) or TMC in connection with its probe in the matter of alleged dishonest financial dealings, unlawful collection of money, and routing of suspected funds through certain bank accounts of the party, the agency said on Wednesday.

ED's Kolkata zonal office freezed the amount following its search operations carried out a day ago at five premises in and around Kolkata under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, belonging to Carewell group of companies operating in the aviation sector.

"During searches, balances amounting to Rs 440.42 crore lying in 3 HDFC bank accounts of AITC have been frozen under ...