Shimla, June 23 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday launched extensive raids against Nishant Sareen, the Assistant Drug Controller (ADC) currently posted in Dharamshala. The searches, part of a money laundering probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), also targeted Sareen's relatives and associates, including his father-in-law Ramesh Kumar Gupta and an alleged accomplice Komal Khanna.

According to official sources, the ED teams carried out simultaneous searches at five residential and commercial premises spread across Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, including Sareen's residence in Dharamshala, Gupta's property, and locations linked to Khanna. The raids were carried out based on incriminating inputs relate...