The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted searches at premises linked to Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra as part of a money-laundering investigation into an alleged municipal recruitment scam, PTI reported.

The agency carried out raids at seven locations linked to Mitra, a former minister in the government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He represents the Kamarhati Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.

PTI quoted unidentified officials as saying that Mitra allegedly received bribes in cash and gold through middlemen in exchange for facilitating appointments to various municipal posts, including in the Kamarhati municipality.

Officials also alleged that Mitra was “linked” to 125 such illegal appointments.

Edited by Tanya Shrivastava.