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ED raids SP leader Azam Khan's Trust and university in UP
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....D raids SP leader Azam Khan's Trust and university in UP<BR>PMLA / Black Money<BR>Dated:- 19-8-2026<BR>PTI<BR>Lucknow, Aug 19 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided premises linked to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust and University of jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan as part of a money laundering investigation, officials said. They said about 10 premises at Rampur and....
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.... Saharanpur in the state and in Delhi's Jamia Nagar were being searched in the presence of a security team from the CRPF. The action came after the federal agency booked a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The premises include those belonging to a chartered accountant in Saharanpur, two companies and their promoters, who are linked to the Trust. The investigation p....
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....ertains to alleged diversion of government contract funds through private contractors and their subsequent utilisation, including for creation of assets of the Trust and the university, according to ED officials. The Lucknow-headquartered Trust has Khan, former Cabinet minister of the state, as its main trustee along with some family members and associates. It runs the Muhammad Ali Jauhar Un....
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....iversity, founded in 2006, and a public school in the Rampur district. The university was recently in the news when the Rampur Development Authority (RDA) in July directed the varsity administration to demolish 38 of its 40 buildings, alleging they had been constructed without approved building plans under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973. The students of the univer....
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....sity subsequently launched a protest against this demolition plan, citing their concerns about disruption in studies. Soon after, the divisional commissioner stayed the proposed demolition and directed that no administrative action be taken until further orders, providing temporary relief to the institution in the long-running dispute with authorities. The Samajwadi Party and other opposit....
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....ion parties have criticised the action against the university and alleged political vendetta. They had urged the administration to examine all legal aspects before taking any action. PTI NES MNK MNK =============<BR> News - Press release - PIB....