New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted multi-state search operations at 14 premises in a money laundering case linked to fraudulent toll collection at various National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) toll plazas, officials said.

The searches are being conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, covering premises located in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jammu, Madhya Pradesh, National Capital Region (NCR) and Kolkata in West Bengal.

ED's Lucknow zonal office launched the search operation early on Wednesday at the premises of suspects linked to the case following certain inputs.

Officials said the investigation, arising from First Information Report No. 17 dated ...