New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- Launching a money laundering probe into illegal immigration to the US, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken up two cases from Punjab and Delhi police that were filed on the complaints of the US embassy.
As part of the probe, the agency had on Wednesday raided three visa consultant firms in Ludhiana and Chandigarh that provided immigration services to aspirants who wish to go to the US. To be sure, the case is not linked to recent deportation of illegal Indian immigrants from the US. The case, agency officials said, stems from FIRs filed by Punjab and Delhi police on the complaint by the office of the Overseas Criminal Investigations, US Embassy in Delhi.
ED said in a statement the complaint stated that fraudule...