The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at 22 locations in two States in connection with an alleged illegalimmigration case.
The searches were carried out in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Surat, and Mehsana, on the premises linked to the alleged key conspirators named in the case — Bharatbhai Patel, Charanjit Singh and others. Mr. Patel was also allegedly involved in the 2022 Dingucha case, in which a family of four had frozen to death while attempting to illegally enter the United States via Canada, said the agency.
The ED investigation is based on two First Information Reports filed with the Gujarat police under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Passports Act for the involvement of the accused in sending Indian citizens abroad illegally since 2015.
