GORAKHPUR, May 31 -- A four-member team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Lucknow raided two locations in Gorakhpur district early on Saturday morning in connection with a money laundering case. The team detained Munni Lal Yadav, a former village head and the elder brother of Thailand-based trader Panne Lal Yadav, for questioning.

Under the supervision of NIA officer Rajesh Kumar Pandey, the team first raided the ancestral home of Panne Lal Yadav in a village under the jurisdiction of Khajni Police Station. Munni Lal Yadav was taken into custody from the residence.

The second raid was conducted at a double-storey building near Azad Chowk, also linked to the Yadav family.

The six-hour-long operation involved thorough searc...