New Delhi: Tablighi Jamaat Markaz chief Maulana Saad is facing ED heat. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted multiple raids in Mumbai, reportedly at premises of Maulana Saad’s relative in connection with money laundering case.

The raids were conducted at the residential premises in Mumbai’s Andheri and SV Road of a person who is an alleged associate of Maulana Saad.

The ED is probing the source of funding for the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz, which was held at Nizamuddin in south Delhi during the early days of Covid-19 outbreak in the country.

Raids at 19 places in 4 cities

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducts raids at 19 places across 4 locations in the Tablighi Jamaat money laundering case. The probe agency in searching at 7 locations in Delhi, 5 locations in Mumbai, 4 locations in Hyderabad and 3 places in Kerala.

Sources say, account books of the Markaz trust have also being scrutinised. The ED is trying to ascertain whether the donations received was due to money laundering and whether hawala channels were utilised.

In April 2020, the ED had lodged a case after Delhi Police filed an FIR against Maulana Saad on charges of culpable homicide and violation of the lockdown rules.