ED searches 16 locations in Coimbatore blast terror funding case

Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in New Delhi. Image used for representation | Photo Credit: PTI Officials of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chennai Zonal Office, conducted searches at 16 locations across Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, and Mumbai in connection with a money laundering investigation into the alleged terror funding of the 2022 Coimbatore bomb blast incident.The ED investigation was initiated on the basis of various FIRs registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the suicide bomb explosion that occurred in 2022 near Sangameshwarar Temple, Coimbatore. ED sources said the attack was carried out by Jamesha Mubeen (suicide bomber) and others as an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack using a modified Maruti car loaded with explosive substances.To