Dehradun, Feb. 8 -- Several teams of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted surprise raids on properties of senior Congress leader and former Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand today. At least 10 locations related to Harak Singh Rawat were raided, including the residence of Rawat in Defence Colony in Dehradun, Ayurvedic Medical College in Sahaspur, a hostel in Bidholi village in Dehradun, and properties in Srinagar (District Pauri) and Chandigarh. ED sources claimed that the raids were related to the Pakhro Range Scam of the Forest Department.

Not only this, the ED teams also raided retired IFS officer Kishan Chand's properties in Haridwar in connection with the same scam and the house of IFS officer Sushant Patnaik. T...