Kolkata, April 25 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday searched multiple premises in connection with an alleged 2020 Public Distribution System (PDS) money laundering case in West Bengal, where assembly elections are under way.

"Searches were conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) on Saturday at nine premises linked to suppliers and exporters located in Kolkata, Burdwan and North 24 Parganas in the PDS case," a senior ED official said.

The ED started probing the case on the basis of an FIR lodged on October 23, 2020 by a customs department officer at Basirhat police station in North 24 Parganas, alleging large-scale diversion of food grains from the Public Distribution System (PDS) into the open m...