Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) this morning conducted searches at the premises of Congress Ballari MP E. Tukaram and three party MLAs in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged Valmiki scam, official sources confirmed.
The searches were carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. A total of eight locations — five in Ballari and three in Bengaluru — were raided, including the residences of Tukaram and MLAs Nara Bharath Reddy (Ballari City), J.N. Ganesh (Kampli) and N.T. Srinivas (Kudligi).
