India, Oct. 6 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday seized 21 lakh in cash, incriminating documents and digital devices during its multi-state searches at eight locations, including Mumbai, as part of its probe related to an alleged Rs.200-crore bogus Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) donation racket run by Dharmendra Kumar Chandradev Singh and others.

The searches revealed an alleged network of charitable trusts, trustees, CSR agents, middlemen and equipment suppliers involved in the diversion and recycling of CSR funds. At least 40 public sector units (PSUs) and PSU banks across the country allegedly provided CSR donations to the trusts operated by the accused towards what were projected as legitimate CSR initiatives, ED ...