New Delhi, July 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at eight places across Bengaluru in an ISIS recruitment case, officials said.

The searches are still underway since early morning and ED's Bengaluru zonal has covered the premises linked to suspects in the operaton based on its Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) recorded on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) related to ISIS recruitment involving Iqra Welfare Trust, Guidance for Mankind and other individuals based out in Bengaluru.

The NIA FIR was recorded for violations of section 17 (raising of funds for terror), 18 (preparatory acts for terrorism) and 18B (recruitment of person...