New Delhi, April 2 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out fresh raids at premises linked to the executives of political consultancy firm I-PAC and others in several cities.

Sources close to the development said searches are underway in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi as part of an investigation into an alleged coal smuggling and pilferage scam lof West Bengal. The premises of I-PAC co-founder and director Rishi Raj Singh are among those covered,

The federal probe agency conducted raids in this case in January at the I-PAC office as well as at the Kolkata residence of its founder and one of the directors, Pratik Jain.

Singh and Jain were recently summoned by the ED to record their statements.

They have approached t...