Mohali, May 9 -- The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) crackdown on two major real estate groups in Punjab entered its second day on Friday, with searches expanding across multiple locations in Mohali, New Chandigarh and Chandigarh as part of an ongoing money laundering probe linked to fraud with investors and illegal change of land use (CLU) approvals.

ED officials said raids were conducted at 12 additional locations in Mohali and Chandigarh, including the premises of several builders and alleged liaisoners Nitin Gohal and Pritpal Singh Dhindsa.

The agency had launched search and seizure operations on Thursday against two real estate groups - Suntec City (Indian Cooperative Housing Building Society) and Altus Space Builders Private Limite...