Harak Singh Rawat had quit BJP ahead of 2022 Uttarakhand assembly polls and joined Congress.
Dehradun:
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted searches against Congress leader and former minister Harak Singh Rawat as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The searches were carried out at multiple premises in Uttarakhand, Delhi and Chandigarh, they said.
Rawat had quit the BJP ahead of the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly polls and joined the Congress.
The Enforcement Directorate investigation is understood to be linked to alleged illegal activities in the state’s Corbett Tiger Reserve.
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