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New Delhi: Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, the chairman-cum-chancellor of Al Falah University, which is under scanner for its link with the Delhi blast case, "fraudulently acquired land" in Delhi's Madanpur by submitting forged documents in the names of deceased Hindu landowners, the Enforcement Directorate said on Friday.
The federal probe agency, which is examining the financial transactions of the Faridabad university, said that Siddiqui would grab the land of several landowners who died between 1972 and 1998, by forging documents that had their names.
The investigation revealed that land in Khasra No. 792 was transferred to a trust linked to Siddiqui based on a forged General Power of Attorney (GPA) -- a legal document that authorises a person to act, sign and make decisions on behalf of another in broad matters such as property and financial transactions.
Siddiqui, who is the founder of the Al Falah group, was arrested by the ED on November 18 after searches were conducted in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of the Faridabad-based university linked to the Delhi blast case. He is presently in ED custody.
Al Falah University under scanner
Located in the Dhouj area of Haryana's Faridabad district, Al Falah University is a medical college-cum-hospital. The university came under scanner after the alleged involvement of three of its professors in a terror module linked to the Red Fort car blast. The explosion near iconic monument in Delhi on November 10 killed 15 people and left several others injured. Umar Mohammad, the terror accused who was driving the i20 car that exploded near Red Fort, was a former student of the university.
Citing an FIR filed by Delhi Police in the Red Fort blast case, the ED earlier alleged that Al Falah University made fraudulent and misleading claims of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation with an intention to deceive students, parents and stakeholders for wrongful gain.
It further alleged that the university falsely claimed UGC recognition with the "oblique motive to cheat the aspirants, students, parents, guardians, stakeholders and general public to gain wrongfully and cause wrongful loss to them." According to the ED's remand note, the university earned approximately Rs 415.10 crore by allegedly fabricating its NAAC accreditation status and falsely claiming UG recognition.
