ED raids Karnataka over crypto money laundering case linked to Congress MLA kin

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday raided over a dozen premises across Karnataka, including those belonging to relatives of an MLA and a former minister, in connection with a cybercrime and cryptocurrency-linked money-laundering case.

The raids were conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Among the premises raided are those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N.A. Haris; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of Congress leader and former Union minister K. Rahman Khan, an alleged crypto hacker named Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki and his associates, sources said.