<p>The ED on Wednesday raided premises linked to Telangana minister and TRS leader Gangula Kamalakar as part of a money laundering probe related to an alleged granite scam, official sources said.</p>.<p>They said locations linked to the minister and some others in Karimnagar district, adjoining towns and the state capital Hyderabad were being searched.</p>.<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) case of money laundering stems from a CBI FIR that was filed to probe alleged irregularities in the granite trade in the state.</p>.<p>Kamalakar, 54, is a minister for BC welfare, food and civil supplies in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government led by Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/k-chandrasekhar-rao" target="_blank">K Chandrashekar Rao</a>. He is the MLA from the Karimnagar assembly seat. The legislator is reportedly out of the country at present.</p>
<p>The ED on Wednesday raided premises linked to Telangana minister and TRS leader Gangula Kamalakar as part of a money laundering probe related to an alleged granite scam, official sources said.</p>.<p>They said locations linked to the minister and some others in Karimnagar district, adjoining towns and the state capital Hyderabad were being searched.</p>.<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) case of money laundering stems from a CBI FIR that was filed to probe alleged irregularities in the granite trade in the state.</p>.<p>Kamalakar, 54, is a minister for BC welfare, food and civil supplies in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government led by Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/k-chandrasekhar-rao" target="_blank">K Chandrashekar Rao</a>. He is the MLA from the Karimnagar assembly seat. The legislator is reportedly out of the country at present.</p>