Investigations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have revealed that Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) leader Maulana Saad and a trust linked to TJ had received donations from Hyderabad.
ED sleuths conducted searches at four locations in Hyderabad in connection with TJ money laundering cases. Joint teams of Hyderabad and Delhi seized documents and computer storage devices during the searches conducted on Wednesday.
ED found that donations were given to Saad from Hyderabad. Based on Delhi police FIR, ED booked a Prevention of Money Laundering Act case in April and started probing into the funding and money transactions of Saad and the Jamaat trust.
Sources said domestic sources are also under the scanner of the probe agency. Searches were also conducted in Mumbai, Delhi and other places after obtaining search warrants under the PMLA.
Saad had organised a religious gathering in March at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi that later led to the spread of Covid-19 across the country, including Telangana and AP.
