Faridabad, March 27: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, Chairman of the Al Falah Group, in connection with a second money laundering investigation involving the “fraudulent” acquisition of land in Delhi valued at ₹45 crore. Siddiqui, 61, was taken into custody on March 24 directly from Tihar Jail, where he was already being held for a separate case. A special PMLA court in Saket subsequently remanded him to ED custody until April 4 to allow for further interrogation.
Federal investigators stated that the latest case centers on a 1.14-acre land parcel in Madanpur Khadar village. The agency affirmed that forged documents were used to orchestrate the acquisition, with the papers reflecting a purchase price of only ₹75 lakh despite the property’s significantly higher market value. The ED asserted that Siddiqui, acting as a director of the Tarbia Education Foundation, conspired with several individuals to fabricate these records and conceal the true nature of the transaction.
This arrest follows a previous investigation launched in November 2025, where Siddiqui was accused of cheating students by misrepresenting the accreditation of his Faridabad-based university. During that probe, the institution also came under scrutiny for alleged links to a ‘white-collar’ terror module connected to the November 2025 Red Fort blast. Officials maintained that one of the university’s doctors was identified as the suicide bomber in that incident.
The agency declared that it is currently working to trace the full money trail and identify additional beneficiaries of the alleged fraud. In the initial case against the Al Falah Group, the ED maintained that the university generated over ₹415 crore between 2018 and 2025, a portion of which was reportedly diverted for personal use. Investigators affirmed that the current probe will look into whether any of these diverted funds were utilized in the Madanpur Khadar land deal.
