Enforcement Directorate has registered Prevention of Money Laundering Act case against Nirav Modi and three others in a Rs 280-crore cheating case filed by the Punjab National Bank in January.

The Enforcement Directorate’s case, filed under the PMLA is based on a FIR earlier filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The CBI in January booked the jewellery designer, his wife, his brother and his business partner after Punjab National Bank filed a case of fraud against them.

Meanwhile, the ED today raided at multiple locations Nirav Modi’s three locations in Surat, four in Mumbai & two in Delhi.

The ED had earlier raided the residence of all the accused including Nirav Modi and two bank officials who were also named in the FIR as accused.