Goa, July 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at 13 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and West Bengal as part of a money laundering investigation into the alleged illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India. Officials said the probe centres on a suspected network that allegedly used charitable trusts registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) to facilitate illegal immigration and provide financial support to infiltrators.

The searches were carried out by the ED's Lucknow zonal office in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Jamia Nagar in Delhi, Ballabhgarh in Haryana, and the West Bengal districts of South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Murshidabad...