ED gets four-day custody of Azam Khan. (Img: IANS)
Ghaziabad: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's legal troubles have intensified after a court granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) four days of custody remand in the money laundering case linked to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University. The agency will bring him to Lucknow on Friday for questioning.
The ED plans to question Khan about various aspects of the case, including allegations of money laundering and financial irregularities involving the university. His arrest came shortly after he was released from jail following a High Court order granting him bail.
Khan was lodged in Ghaziabad's Dasna Jail after his arrest. He was released from Rampur jail on October 31 but was arrested by the ED soon after in connection with the Jauhar University case.
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On November 1, he was produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court, which sent him to judicial custody. He has remained in Dasna Jail since then. With the latest order granting four days of custody, the ED is preparing to question him.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party national general secretary Shivpal Yadav visited Ghaziabad District Jail on Thursday to meet Khan. A large number of party workers gathered at the Vedanta Toll Plaza to welcome him before his convoy proceeded to the prison.
Jail Superintendent Sitaram Sharma also confirmed the meeting between the two leaders.
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After meeting Khan, Shivpal Yadav criticised the BJP over the cases registered against the senior SP leader. He alleged that Khan was being deliberately harassed and that the cases against him were false.
Shivpal said Khan's only fault was that he had built a university for the education of underprivileged children. He further claimed that despite serving as a minister four times and an MP twice, Khan was not even being treated in accordance with basic prison rules.
Expressing faith in the judiciary, Shivpal said he was confident that justice would be delivered. The ED's questioning of Khan during the four-day remand is now being closely watched.
