India, May 9 -- he Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted fresh searches against Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora and others linked to him as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation, officials said.

According to officials, raids were carried out at five locations, including Arora's official residence in Chandigarh and premises linked to a real estate company in Gurugram, Haryana. The searches were conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The ED had earlier also carried out searches against Arora and associated entities in April under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), focusing on alleged financial irregularities.

Following the previous action, Arora had stat...