New Delhi, June 7 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted search operations at 18 locations across Mumbai, Kochi and Thrissur on Friday in connection with the Mithi River desilting scam which caused a wrongful loss of more than Rs.65 crore to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the central probing agency said on Friday.

Informing more about the searches, the ED said that operations were being carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at locations linked to contractors and officials suspected of embezzlement in the desilting operations of the Mithi River.

The ED seized digital devices, various incriminating documents and cash amounting to Rs.7 Lakh, while freezing 22 bank accounts/F...