Kolkata, July 16 -- Lucknow Zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Thursday seized Rs 40 lakh cash and gold coins weighing 180 grams during search action at Harora Al-Jamiatul Islamia Darul Uloom based in Kalikapur area in West Bengal, officials said.

The recovery is part of ED's massive search operation carried out at 13 premises across West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged terror funding and illegal infiltration network.

According to ED officials, the cash and the gold were found in the library and seized under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after no satisfactory justification was given by the person in charge...