As part of raids in a Rajasthan case involving disproportionate assets and money laundering, 5.3 kg of gold was seized

Following the recent arrest of a former Rajasthan government officer, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at 17 locations belonging to different firms in a case involving disproportionate assets and money laundering, an official said on Friday.

A spokeswoman for the government agency stated that during the searches conducted on September 13 and 14 in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 5.3 kg of gold worth Rs. 3.21 crore as well as other incriminating papers and electronic devices were seized.

According to the official, the properties that were searched belonged to those who were given contracts for LED video walls and e-Mitra projects by the department of information technology and communication under Rajasthan’s then-joint director Ved Prakash Yadav.

After the FBI searched Yadav’s Jaipur, Rajasthan, and Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, residences, he was detained on August 9.

According to the source, the ED opened a probe against Yadav in relation to the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan’s recovery of more than Rs 2.31 crore and a kilogram of gold during a file-scanning operation at the department’s headquarters.

The representative said that more inquiry is ongoing.