New Delhi, June 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted search operations at seven premises linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator and former minister Madan Mitra in Kolkata in connection with an ongoing investigation into the alleged municipality recruitment scam in West Bengal, officials said.

The ED's Kolkata zonal office carried out the search operation early Saturday morning as part of its wider probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment processes across multiple municipalities in the state. The agency suspects large-scale corruption involving the alleged appointment of ineligible candidates in exchange for bribes.

ED's preliminary findings based on its ongoing investigation suggest that Mitra is a...