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Yes Bank Case: Enforcement Directorate Raids Five Premises Of Cox & Kings In Mumbai

Cox & Kings was one of the top borrowers of the bank having an exposure of about Rs 2,260 crore.

Pedestrians walk past a Yes Bank Ltd. branch in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Pedestrians walk past a Yes Bank Ltd. branch in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday raided at least five premises of global tours and travel company Cox & Kings Ltd. in Mumbai in connection with the Yes Bank Ltd. money laundering probe case, officials said.

The teams of the central agency are carrying out the searches under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said.

Cox and Kings was one of the top borrowers of the bank and the latter had an exposure of about Rs 2,260 crore to the company, the officials said.

The searches are aimed at gathering more evidence in the case and five premises are being covered, they said.

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