The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting search operations at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh in connection with a money laundering probe linked to an alleged Trans-Arunachal Highway compensation scam.

ED is searching six residential premises, including four in and around Itanagar, one at Likhabali (near Dibrugarh) and one at Aalo, close to the Mechuka-China border.

Searches are being carried with the objective of securing documentary and digital evidence and identifying movable and immovable assets acquired from the proceeds of crime.

The agency also seized about 2.2 crore rupees in cash from the premises of one of the fake beneficiaries.

The Trans-Arunachal Highway compensation scam case, pertains to large-scale irregularities in assessment, certification and disbursement of land-acquisition compensation involving public servants and private beneficiaries, resulting in the generation and laundering of proceeds of crime.