Lucknow, April 26 -- The searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Lucknow, on Thursday (April 24) at seven locations across Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), Delhi, and Haryana's Gurgaon in connection with the FIIT-JEE case revealed that approximately Rs.206 crore was collected from students of running batches on the pretext of providing educational services, which were ultimately not delivered, ED officials confirmed here on Saturday.

"The collected funds were allegedly diverted for personal and unauthorised use, while faculty salaries remained unpaid. Consequently, 32 coaching centres at Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Meerut, Noida, Prayagraj, Delhi, Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore Faridabad, Gurugram, Mumbai etc. were abruptly ...