Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Monday cracked down on the Thiruvalla-based Believer’s Eastern Church, a religious establishment led by Metropolitan Archbishop Athanasius Yohan 1.
Official sources said ED officials swooped down on the multiple offices connected to the Church and its leaders. The operation began in the morning and continued till late in the evening.
According to them, simultaneous raids were carried out at the offices and residences of several persons associated with the Church, including its headquarters at Thiruvalla, a medical college hospital run by it, and the residence of the metropolitan.
