The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI today conducted searches at four locations including Delhi, Chandigarh and Panchkula after filing a case of illegal conversion of residential land to raise the swanky Ambience Mall in Gurgaon. <br />''<br />''The CBI has registered an FIR on the orders of Punjab and Haryana High Court which had termed the mall illegal. <br />''<br />''The High Court had sought a separate investigation by the CBI to probe alleged illegal actions, if any, and possible collusion between the builder and state authorities. <br />''<br />''The Ambience group runs Ambience Malls in NCR and luxury hotel The Leela Ambience Convention Centre among other such real estate properties.<br />'' <br />''The petitioners had alleged before the High Court that 18.98 acres of land on Delhi-Jaipur National Highway in Gurugram earmarked for Ambience Lagoon Island Residential Complex was reduced to just 7.9 acres with a commercial complex erected on the remaining land. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">They had alleged that such violation of the builder-buyer agreement and provisions of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Area Act, 1975 was not possible without the collusion of officials and builders.</span><br />