Bengaluru, June 28 -- Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office has conducted search operations at 17 locations related to seat blocking scam in private engineering colleges in Bangalore on June 25 and June 26 under the provisions of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, said the agency on Saturday.

The search proceedings were conducted at the office premises of BMS College of Engineering, Akash Institute of Engineering and Technology, New Horizon College of Engineering, and persons associated with these institutions. The search proceedings were also conducted at the premises of a few entities engaged in educational consultancy services and some private agents associated with the scam, the ED said.

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