India, March 20 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at seven locations in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Kerala in its money laundering charges against Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI), officials familiar with the development said.

The searches were carried under Prevention of Money Laundering Act or PMLA at premises in Mettupalaiyam, Coimbatore, Arcot and Vellore in Tamil Nadu, Bhilwara and Kota in Rajasthan, West Bengal capital Kolkata, and Kottayam and Palakkad districts in Kerala.

Thursday's raids come weeks after the agency arrested SDPI president Moideen Kutty K alias MK Faizy, 55, from Indira Gandhi International airp...