New Delhi, July 9 -- The Jalandhar Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday carried out searches at 11 locations across Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala, Moga, Ambala, Kurushetra and Karnal in relation with the 'Donkey Route case' under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said on the day.

The case is related to illegal immigrants deported from the United States to India earlier this year.

The ED initiated a PMLA case on the basis of FIRs registered by police authorities in Punjab and Haryana against the travel/ visa agents and middlemen who allegedly cheated with various persons willing to go to the US.

The ED had earlier recorded statements of a few deportees as it carried out the investiga...