ED raids EaseMyTrip co-founder’s premises

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday searched the premises of online travel booking portal EaseMyTrip’s co-founder Nishant Pitti as part of fresh multi-state raids in the Mahadev online betting app linked money laundering case, officials said.

The raids covered 55 locations including in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Indore, Jaipur,Chennai and Sambalpur in Odisha, the sources said.

The latest searches are a result of some fresh evidence gathered in the case, they said.

The premises and office of 39-year-old Pitti, also chairman of EaseMyTrip, in Delhi are also being covered, they said.