Guwahati/Shillong, April 25 -- The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursdaycarried out raids in multiple locations in Assam and Meghalaya as part of a money-laundering investigation linked to alleged illegal coal mining and coke plants in the northeastern state.

In a coordinated operation, the ED's Shillong Sub Zonal Office executed searches across 15 premises spanning Jadigittim and Nongalbibra in Meghalaya, besides Jogighopa , Margherita and Guwahati in Assam.

The raids, carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, were initiated based on an FIR registered in Shillang, Meghalaya.

The FIR encompassed various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Mines and Minerals (Developmen...