The ED is conducting searches at the house of a Nagpur-based lawyer, who has filed several petitions against senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis in the last few years, a police official said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) began searching lawyer Satish Uke's house located in Parvati Nagar area of the city around 6 am amid tight security by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), he said. The Mumbai unit of the central agency is conducting searches in connection with some land transactions, the official said.