Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate carried out coordinated searches at about ten premises on Wednesday in Rampur, Saharanpur and Delhi to seize financial records and electronic devices.
- Teams acted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and worked with central security forces to search trust-operated sites and university administrative buildings.
- The probe focuses on alleged diversion of government contract funds through private contractors and the subsequent use of those funds to create assets for the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust and Muhammad Ali Jauhar University.
- Azam Khan is identified as the main trustee of the Lucknow-based trust that runs the university and a public school in Rampur, and investigators say a prior dossier of multiple criminal complaints helped trigger the money‑laundering inquiry.
- The operation is ongoing as officials review seized documents and devices, no arrests have been reported so far, and the probe could lead to further financial scrutiny or legal action affecting the institutions involved.