Overview
- Joint ED–Maharashtra ATS teams searched residences and premises in Padgha–Borivali in Thane, with additional operations in Ratnagiri, Delhi, Kolkata and towns in Uttar Pradesh.
- The searches were carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act targeting accused persons, their relatives, close associates and linked entities.
- Officials say the network under scrutiny is an ISIS-inspired module alleged to have recruited and trained members and procured weapons and explosives.
- Case records describe IED assembly at a rented house in Pune along with bomb-making workshops and a controlled test explosion near the city.
- The NIA has charge-sheeted 21 individuals in the related case, and Thursday’s operation continues as teams analyze seized material and financial trails.