New Delhi, July 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi and Lucknow in connection with an ongoing investigation against former Samajwadi Party MLA Deep Narayan Singh Yadav and his associates, officials said.

The search operations are being conducted at the residential and business premises of Deep Narayan, his family members and associated entities and persons, with the aim of securing evidence relating to proceeds of crime, beneficial ownership, financial transactions and assets acquired from suspected illicit sources.

During the course of search operations, officials said, various incriminating documents, digital devices and records relating to movable and...