New Delhi, July 30 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday started carrying out raids at eight locations in Hyderabad with link to the sheep-rearing irregularities case.

The ED's search is being conducted at premises of unnamed beneficiaries of the scheme and middlemen, who have been identified on the basis of money trail, sources said.

The sheep-rearing irregularities case involves a loss of hundreds of crores to the government as per a CAG report. However, the possible loss mentioned in the FIR of the case pertains to Rs.2.1 crore.

The ED has unearthed crucial information, which indicates massive fraud in the sheep distribution scheme, as per the sources.

CAG's Audit Report for period ended March, 2021 revealed several irre...