NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of Faridabad-based Al Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui for 14 days, and the matter will come up for the next hearing on March 27.
The court also issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea filed by Siddiqui. He had moved an application seeking documents related to the charge sheet and requested that the material be provided to him.
Siddiqui was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch on January 27 in connection with two FIRs registered against him. He has been accused of fraud and other related offences based on a complaint filed by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The court on January 31 had sent him to 14 days of judicial custody.