The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at a college near Nagpur as part of its probe against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, a police official said.

Searches were conducted at the Nagpur Institute Of Technology, located at Mahurzari in Katol tehsil, 20 km from Nagpur, the official said. The institute is said to be controlled by Deshmukh, a senior NCP leader. ED officials from Mumbai reached the institute around 12.30 pm and began the searches under the protection of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, the official said.