ED arrests Al-Falah group chairperson in money laundering case amid Delhi blast probe
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, the chairperson of the Al-Falah group, in a money-laundering case linked to alleged fraudulent accreditation claims and financial irregularities at the group’s educational institutions, the Hindustan Times reported.
The Al-Falah Medical College in Faridabad, Haryana has been under scrutiny in the investigation linked to the November 10 Delhi blast.
The blast near the Red Fort metro station had left 13 persons dead. The Union government has described it as a “terrorist incident”.
The Delhi Police has alleged that the key suspects, including faculty member Umar Un Nabi, who was allegedly driving the car that exploded, used a room on campus to plan logistics for transporting ammonium nitrate for multiple blasts in the National Capital Region. The vehicle used in the blast had been parked inside the campus for nearly 20 days, the police said.
Siddiqui, who has been the chancellor of the Al-Falah University in Faridabad since 2014, was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after investigators examined material seized during searches conducted on Tuesday.
The Enforcement Directorate’s case is based on two first information reports filed by the Delhi Police Crime Branch, which alleged that the Al-Falah University had falsely claimed accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and...
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