LUCKNOW, July 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s Lucknow zonal office on Saturday intensified its crackdown on alleged large-scale bank fraud and money laundering by conducting simultaneous searches at 10 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab in connection with an alleged Rs.450-crore loan diversion case involving M/s Santosh Overseas Ltd. (SOL), senior ED officials in Lucknow said while sharing a press note. The searches covered premises linked to the company's promoters, their family members, associated companies, accommodation entry operators, facilitators and the statutory auditor. During the searches, ED officials seized Rs.10.5 lakh in cash and recovered records relating to assets worth nearly Rs.75 crore in the names of the promoters' family members and associated entities. The agency also seized several digital devices, financial records and documents. htc...