BHOPAL: A day after Al Falah University founder Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui was sent to 13-day Enforcement Directorate custody in a terror-financing–linked money laundering case, he has now been booked in a separate Rs 2 crore fraud case following the registration of an FIR in Bhopal.
Siddiqui came under intense scrutiny after his alleged links to the Delhi blast attack surfaced, with the ED claiming that around Rs 415.10 crore was generated through what it called "fake accreditation" and false assertions of statutory recognition.
According to officials, Siddiqui had been absconding from the Bhopal Police for years despite being wanted in an older fraud case. Investigators said that Jawad Siddiqui and his brother Hamood Siddiqui defrauded the public in Bhopal between 1997 and 2001 by operating a chit fund company that lured people with the promise of doubling their money.
By 2001, both brothers had disappeared. FIRs were later filed at Talaiya and Shahjahanabad police stations based on complaints from affected citizens. He was also accused of absconding with money belonging to gas victims.