Bhubaneswar, Feb. 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized a high-end car and cash worth Rs 10 lakh from the house of former Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Prafulla Samal's son Prayaskanti Samal on Friday.

The car and cash were seized from Prayaskanti's home at Palashpalli in Bhubaneswar.

The central probe agency conducted simultaneous raids at 10 places linked to Bhandaripokhari MLA Prafulla Samal -- six places in Bhadrak town and four places in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.

It is suspected that the raids were made in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Barapada Engineering College in Bhadrak. It is pertinent to mention here that there had been prior protests in Bhadrak over the same issue of financial irreg...