ED conducts raids on Uttarakhand Congress leader Harak Singh Rawat

The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids against Uttarakhand Congress leader and former minister Harak Singh Rawat in a money laundering case, news agency PTI reported citing Officials.

Initial reports claimed that more than 10 locations in Uttarakhand and Delhi-NCR were being raided by the ED.

PTI reported that the searches were carried out at multiple premises in Uttarakhand, Delhi and Chandigarh. The ED investigation is understood to be linked to alleged illegal activities in the state’s Corbett Tiger Reserve.

Harak Singh Rawat joined the Congress ahead of the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election after being dismissed from the state cabinet and the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party for six years due to “anti-party activities”. The BJP won the Uttarakhand election for a second consecutive term.