Bengaluru, March 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday carried out search operations at the residential and office premises of real estate firm Mantri Developers Private Limited and its directors in Bengaluru in connection with a money laundering investigation, officials said.

The searches are being conducted under the provisions of Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The operation was launched at around 8 am by a team from the ED's Delhi office as part of an ongoing probe into suspected financial irregularities linked to the company.

As per the officials, ED's multiple teams simultaneously searched various residential and office locations associated with the real estate firm and its directors to gath...