India, April 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches against AAP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Kumar Mittal and educational institutions promoted by him and his family in Punjab and Haryana as part of a FEMA probe, officials said.

At least 10 locations in Jalandhar, its nearby areas and Gurugram are being covered under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), they said.

The development comes days after Mittal was appointed as the AAP's deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha on April 3, replacing Raghav Chadha after the latter fell out of favour with the party leadership.

The teams of the federal agency reached these locations around 7am on Wednesday morning and the search operation is still on t...