ED freezes ₹7.5 lakh, conducts searches in Bengaluru in ISIS recruitment and terror-funding probe
The Enforcement Directorate has frozen ₹7.5 lakh and conducted raids in Bengaluru as part of an investigation into an ISIS recruitment and terror-funding module. The probe targets trusts allegedly involved in radicalizing youth and facilitating their travel to Syria.
Why it matters
This reflects the government's ongoing efforts to dismantle terror-financing networks and prevent the radicalization of youth in urban centers.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted searches at eight locations in Bengaluru in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged ISIS recruitment and terror-funding module, freezing what it claimed to be proceeds of crime worth ₹7.5 lakh.
The ED carried out the searches on Tuesday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, on the premises of the Iqra Welfare Trust, the Guidance for Mankind (GFM) Trust, and people linked to these organisations based in Bengaluru. During the raids, officials claimed to have seized incriminating electronic records, digital devices and froze ₹7.50 lakh.
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