LUCKNOW, Sept. 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized approximately Rs.1.03 crore in cash and frozen eight bank lockers during searches at 14 premises across six states, at least. The searches were part of its money-laundering probe into an alleged nationwide fraudulent toll collection racket, confirmed senior ED officials here on Thursday.

The searches were conducted by the ED's Allahabad sub-zonal office in Prayagraj on Wednesday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The case stems from an FIR registered in January 2025 at Lalganj police station in Mirzapur in connection with alleged fraudulent toll collection at the Atraila Toll Plaza and several other toll plazas across the country.

Besides the cash se...