ED conducts nationwide searches

Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches against bureaucrats in connection with money laundering cases.

The ED raided the residences of two officials of the EPF Office in AP and Tamil Nadu at Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Chennai.

One of the officials was allegedly involved in  irregularities and had transferred '2 crore of EPFO funds to the accounts of his relatives and family.

The other officer had been caught while he was accepting a bribe from a private institute.

The teams searched the premises of an Indian Forest Service officer in Hyderabad for alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 8 crore while working in the AP Women's Cooperative Finance Corporation.