India, April 22 -- A week after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case to investigate foreign funds received by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to initiate a money laundering probe into the matter, officials familiar with the development said.

The agency, an officer said, "will soon register a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to investigate the origin of funds and their ultimate beneficiaries."

On April 14, CBI filed an FIR naming AAP leader Durgesh Pathak and "unknown private persons" under Section 3 of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), which bars political parties from accepting foreign donations, and Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of...