New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday launched search operations at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in connection with a massive fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) case of around Rs 650 crore, officials said.

The searches have been underway since early Thursday based on some specific inputs. The agency sleuths carried out the raids at the premises of some suspects linked to the case.

ED's Guwahati unit is conducting the operation in close coordination with state police forces.

The case pertains to firms allegedly engaged in generating and availing fraudulent ITC through fake invoices without the actual supply of goods or services. Such fraudulent claims not only c...