Chennai, Sep 18 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches in Chennai and Hyderabad as part of a money laundering probe into an alleged Rs 200 crore bank fraud and benami assets probe against Sasikala, a close aide of late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, and some others, officials said.

At least ten premises in the two cities linked to a person named GRK Reddy, related to the Marg group and an alleged benami of Sasikala, are being raided under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA, they said.

The probe is related to a Rs 200 crore alleged bank fraud in which the CBI had filed an FIR, they said. PTI NES DV DV

Money laundering probe leads to searches and raids targeting alleged benami assets linked to Sasikala and associates. Searches in Chennai and Hyderabad were conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a money laundering and benami assets probe linked to an alleged bank fraud; multiple premises tied to GRK Reddy, alleged to hold benami assets for a close aide of the late state chief minister Sasikala, were raided to trace ownership, transactional chains and evidence connecting the disputed assets to the alleged fraudulent bank transactions and proceeds of crime.