India, Dec. 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at 11 locations across five States -Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Assam - as part of an anti-money laundering investigation into a digital arrest scam. Ludhiana-based industrialist SP Oswal was duped of over INR 7 crore in this scam, officials said on Thursday.
"Various incriminating documents and digital devices were recovered and seized during search proceedings," an ED spokesperson said. The ED had arrested Rumi Kalita from Assam on Tuesday after it surfaced that she allegedly offered her mule account for transferring funds in the case.
"The amounts cheated from victims were immediately diverted by a group of persons in various mule accounts and creden...