Bengaluru, July 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches at multiple locations across Karnataka as part of a money laundering investigation into an alleged ISIS radicalisation and recruitment network, escalating the financial probe into one of the state's major terror-related cases.
Official sources said the searches were carried out at around eight premises in and around Bengaluru under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The agency is investigating the suspected flow of funds, financial transactions and assets allegedly linked to individuals accused of radicalising and recruiting youths for the banned terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS).
The money laundering case is based on an...