Autos transfer by way of a toll plaza. Representational picture used. File.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) performed searches in a number of states as a part of a cash laundering investigation linked to “fraudulent” toll assortment at numerous NHAI plazas, officers stated.
They stated about 14 premises in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and West Bengal had been introduced below the searches.
The motion was launched below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act after the central company took cognisance of two police FIRs.
The FIRs allege use of unauthorised software program functions for producing toll receipts and “diversion” of toll collections outdoors the official accounting mechanism.
Forensic examination and Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI) data have corroborated deployment of such software program, ED officers stated.
The searches goal at recovering digital and documentary proof, figuring out beneficiaries and tracing proceeds of crime, they stated.
Printed – September 02, 2026 09:10 am IST
