Updated On: 15 May, 2025 08:23 PM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
The ED said that an investigation was launched based on several FIRs registered by the Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police Commissionerate. The cases relate to the illegal construction of residential and commercial buildings on government and private land under the jurisdiction of the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) since 2009

A large number of incriminating documents were also recovered during ED`s search operations, officials said. Pic/ED
The Mumbai Zonal Unit of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at 13 locations across Mumbai and Hyderabad and seized cash and jewellery worth Rs 32 crore in Vasai-Virar 'illegal construction scam', officials said.
The search operations were conducted on May 14 and 15, 2025 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, they said.