Indore Fake Bills scam: ED raids residences of accused

Indore(Team Newsbuddy): Sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the residences and offices of clerks and contractors accused in the Rs 125 crore fake bill scam of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC). On Monday morning, ED officials, divided into teams, arrived at various locations across the city to investigate charges of money laundering.
The teams targeted Madina Nagar, located in the Azad Nagar police station area, raiding the houses of Mohammad Sajid, Mohammad Zakir, and Mohammad Siddiqui, owners of Green Construction, King Construction, and Niva Construction, respectively. Additionally, a team of officials reached Mahalaxmi Nagar to raid the residence of Anil Garg, a clerk in the accounts department of IMC. The ED officials are searching for documents related to money laundering, and the raids are expected to continue late into the night.
It is believed that the Indore civic body might have lodged an FIR at MG Road police station around six months ago, leading to the ED crackdown. In April, a committee was constituted to probe the fake bill payment scam, ordering the examination of payment histories of certain civic body officials and contractors, with pending payments being put on hold.