ED Searches 14 Premises in Seven States Over NHAI Toll Fraud
· India · Hindustan Times, The Hindu
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday searched 14 premises across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, the National Capital Region and West Bengal in a money-laundering probe into alleged fraudulent toll collection at NHAI plazas. A Lucknow zonal ED official said the searches were conducted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to trace the financial and digital trail. The investigation stems from a case registered in January 2025, with the ED's Ahmedabad sub-zonal office filing an Enforcement Case Information Report in May 2025. The probe has allegedly uncovered unauthorised software applications deployed at toll plazas to generate receipts outside the official system, diverting collections from the accounting mechanism. Forensic examination of digital systems and NHAI records corroborated the deployment of such software, officials said. The agency has not disclosed the names of people, entities or premises being searched, o
Why it matters
The multi-state crackdown targets a network allegedly siphoning NHAI toll revenue through unauthorised software, potentially exposing losses to national highway users and prompting tighter digital oversight of toll operations.
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