A special court adjudicating Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases in Ghaziabad remanded veteran Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan to fourteen days of judicial custody following his formal arrest by the Enforcement Directorate. The central financial probe agency took the former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister into custody after questioning him regarding alleged financial irregularities, money laundering, and illicit land transfers linked to the construction of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. Following the court order, security personnel transferred Khan to a regional correctional facility under tight security protocols.
Enforcement Directorate prosecutors submitted to the court that custodial remand was necessary to confront Khan with extensive documentary evidence, banking transaction ledgers, and property records seized during searches. Defense counsel for the veteran politician contested the allegations, arguing that the financial transactions complied with educational trust statutes and characterizing the ongoing probes as politically motivated legal harassment against senior opposition figures. The judicial remand marks another legal hurdle for Khan, who faces multiple pending criminal and civil cases filed by various regulatory and investigative agencies.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh/samajwadi-partys-azam-khan-sent-to-14-day-judicial-custody/article71653438.ece