New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at 14 premises across Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in connection with its money laundering investigation into the alleged embezzlement of Rs 645 crore of public funds belonging to the Haryana government, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation and other government accounts.

ED's Chandigarh Zonal Office-II conducted the search operations following its ongoing investigation initiated under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, on the basis of an FIR registered by the Haryana Police in February 2026 concerning discrepancies in the balances of bank accounts of the Development and Panchayat Department, Haryana, maintained with I...