Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday searched premises linked to Telangana BRS MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy and his brother Gudem Madhusudan Reddy in a money laundering case related to alleged illegal mining, official sources said.

Mahipal Reddy represents the Patancheru seat in the state assembly.

Sources said that about seven-eight premises, including the premises of an excavation company linked to Madhusudan Reddy, are being searched.

The ED case of money laundering stems from a state police FIR into alleged illegal mining.

As part of this investigation, the police arrested Madhusudan Reddy in March.