This comes as Tibetans fear persecution by Chinese authorities amid an increase in surveillance activities and surprise security searches during the politically sensitive time, sources in the region said, according to RFA.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday conducted searches under operation Kanak-II at around 50 locations in Punjab and Chandigarh at the premises of FCI officials, private Rice Millers and Grain Merchants in an ongoing investigation of a case.
On the basis of call records, the NIA teams conducted searches in rural and urban areas of Jodhpur as Bishnoi's network has been active in these areas, sources said.
The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at over 30 locations in Punjab, including Rajpura, Patiala, Sarhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Sonam, Moga, Firozapur, Ludhiana, Sangrur, at the premises of Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials, said sources.
CBI is conducting searches in over 30 locations in at premises of FCI officials, private rice millers and grain merchants regarding the payment of a huge bribe to FCI officials.
Searches are going on in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Tamilanadu, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh.
In a major crackdown against gangster syndicate, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) launched searches at over 70 locations across several states on Tuesday.
On a query over the Directorate of Enforcement's ongoing raids on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said no action is executed with a sense of revenge.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at seven locations in Rajasthan in connection with the Popular Front of India (PFI) case.