LUCKNOW, July 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has widened its money laundering investigation into an alleged Rohingya and Bangladeshi illegal immigration syndicate after uncovering indications that foreign funds routed through charitable and religious trusts were also channelled to unrecognised madrasas operating along Uttar Pradesh's Nepal border, according to official sources. Investigators are conducting a forensic audit and tracing the money trail after documents seized during recent searches allegedly pointed to the diversion of foreign contributions through certain religious and public charitable trusts registered in Delhi and West Bengal. The ED's probe, which is based on a case registered nearly three years ago by the UP Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), initially focused on an alleged network accused of facilitating the illegal entry of Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals, arranging forged Indian identity documents, and helping them settle in different cities using foreign funds. Sources said the investigation has now expanded to examine whether the same financial channels were used to fund illegal or unrecognised madrasas located in districts bordering Nepal. The development comes against the backdrop of the UP government's recent crackdown on unrecognised madrasas allegedly operating without approval and, in some cases, on government land in the border districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar and Maharajganj. During that exercise, authorities had also reported suspected funding through multiple organisations, prompting the ATS to examine the financial networks....