India, Nov. 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted search operations at six locations in Assam and New Delhi in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to alleged fake purchase orders issued in the name of Dima Hasao and Mising autonomous councils, ED said in a statement on Wednesday.

According to ED's Guwahati Zonal Office, the searches were carried out on November 18 in Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Tezpur and Delhi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The investigation pertains to allegations that Rishiraj Kaundinya, Biju Das, Mukesh Jain, among others, supplied goods using forged purchase orders issued in the names of autonomous councils.

During the raids, ED said it seized Rs.14.5 lakh in cash, a...