Hyderabad, May 29 -- The Enforcement Directorate conducted multi-city searches at eight locations in Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Coimbatore on May 26 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, targeting firms and individuals linked to alleged illegal sand mining in Andhra Pradesh, the agency said on Thursday.

According to an ED press release, searches were carried out at the official premises of GCKC Projects and Works Pvt. Ltd., Prathima Infrastructure Ltd., and Turnkey Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Residential premises of Boinipally Srinivas Rao, Ashok Kumar, and V.G. Venkata Reddy in Hyderabad and Jaipur, as well as a farmhouse belonging to Boinipally Srinivas Rao, were also covered.

The ED initiated its investigation based on an FIR registere...