India, June 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday raided 37 locations across the National Capital Region in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the construction of classrooms under the previous Delhi government, according to officials familiar with the investigation.

The raids targeted private contractors associated with the project, which is already under the scanner of the Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), the people cited above said.

Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and former Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain being probed by ACB in the matter.

The ED's case, filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), is based on a first information report (FIR) registe...