India, Oct. 9 -- The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at nine locations across the state on Friday in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the Odisha Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment paper leak case, an official said.

The raids targeted premises linked to key accused, including alleged middleman Muna Mohanty, PanchSoft Technologies' Shankar Prusty, and Silicon Techlab managing director Suresh Nayak, who have been named in a charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In total, the CBI charge sheet filed in December last year named 122 individuals, including over 100 candidates.

The SI recruitment examination, scheduled for October last year, was cancelled after question papers were leake...