New Delhi, July 17 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out searches across eight places in Bihar, Delhi and Rajasthan in the case of alleged illegal sand mining done by Bihar-based Mahadev Enclave Pvt Ltd, controlled by the Chandak Family of Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan, headed by Ashok Chandak and his son Raghav Chandak.

The raids have continued since morning, covering one spot each in Bihar's Banka and Patna, one in Delhi and NCR, as well as four spots in Sri Ganganagar and one in Jaipur.

ED's Patna zonal office is conducting a search operation under section 17 of PMLA in the case.

During the course of investigation, officials said, evidence was gathered that Mahadev Enclave Pvt Ltd had conducted illegal mining on a ...