MUMBAI, Dec. 4 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday seized Rs 9 lakh in cash and several documents and digital devices at 12 locations as part of its money-laundering probe into individuals allegedly linked to the Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom (JIIU), a Nandurbar-based educational and charitable trust. The trust's Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration was cancelled last year due to violations. The searches were carried out at premises in Mumbai, Nandurbar and Barmer (Rajasthan). ED officials said on Wednesday that the probe was linked to alleged violations in the handling and distribution of foreign contributions received by the trust. The individuals under the scanner include a Yemeni national and his wife. The ED's preliminary probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has revealed that the trust allegedly received around Rs 406 crore by way of foreign donations from 2014-15 to 2023-24 from Kuwait, Botswana, United Kingdom, Mauritius, Switzerland, Seychelles, Panama and other countries, the officials said. The organisation allegedly received a substantial amount in cash as well. The findings indicated that some of the donation funds were diverted for non-approved uses in violation of statutory norms. Seized evidence also indicated the alleged misuse of a scheme called 'National Research Incentives for Organisational Self-Funding', as it received donations from other trusts/NGOs. JIIU came under the scanner of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) last year for allegedly diverting foreign donations to entities not registered under the FCRA, leading to the MHA cancelling the trust's FCRA registration on July 15, 2024. The FCRA regulates the acceptance and use of foreign donations to ensure that such funds are not used to negatively impact the country's interests. The Act requires organisations to register with the government and follow strict rules on how they receive and spend foreign funds. The ED probe is based on a case lodged on November 11 this year, and a chargesheet of April 11 this year, by the Akkalkuwa police station, Nandurbar, which named as accused a Yemeni couple, Al-Khadami Khaled Ibrahim Saleh and his wife Khadega Ibrahim Kasim Al-Nasheri, JIIU founder Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi (who is now deceased) and others. The accused Yemeni nationals were allegedly aided by the other co-accused in illegally overstaying in India after the expiry of their visas. The co-accused also allegedly provided shelter to them and facilitated them in opening bank accounts and in the fraudulent procurement of Aadhaar and PAN cards and birth certificates. According to the ED officials, JIIU appointed Al-Khadhami as a madrasa teacher with the express intention of falsely portraying that the trust had foreign staffers....