The ED carried out searches against two former auditor firms of IL&FS BSR and Associates and Deloitte Haskins and Sells on Wednesday in connection with its money-laundering probe into alleged financial irregularities at the infrastructure development and finance company, official sources said.
The premises linked to the two auditors in Mumbai were searched under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they added.
The action came a week after the Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court verdict that quashed an SFIO probe against the two companies, both former auditors of IL&FS Financial Services, paving the way for action against them under the Companies Act and allowing the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to take forward its enquiry against them.
In connection with a money-laundering investigation into alleged financial irregularities at IL&FS, the ED raided the offices of BSR and Associates and Deloitte Haskins and Sells, , enforcement directorate, IL&FS
The debt burden and series of defaults of IL&FS group companies had threatened to lead to a collapse of money markets in India in 2018, according to reports.
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