The CBI on Friday raided 12 places in Bihar, including former minister Manju Verma's residence, in connection with its probe into the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases, an official said.

The CBI team conducted searches at Verma's residence in Patna and Begusarai. They interrogated the former social welfare minister and her husband Chandeshwar Verma separately. "The CBI has been conducting searches at Verma's residence since early Friday morning. It is still underway. The CBI also quizzed one of Verma's personal assistants," a police officer said.