Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 22 -- Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the home and premises linked to Trinamool Congress leader and former Nilambur MLA PV Anvar and four others on Friday in connection with the probe into the alleged loan fraud at the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC).

Multiple teams of the ED, aided by central security personnel, searched the premises of Anvar, including his home at Othayi in Malappuram district, early Friday morning and those linked to his driver A Siyad, KFC chief manager C Abdul Manaf, deputy manager T Mini and technical officer P Muneer Ahamed.

The allegation against the accused is that they collectively defrauded KFC of Rs.22.3 crore by violating loan sanction norms and u...