Azam Khan Is in ED Custody for 4 Days. His Party Claims a Murder Plot. BJP Says He Deserves It. The Court Has Not Ruled.
On Thursday night, the Enforcement Directorate took Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan out of Ghaziabad's Dasna jail and into its custody. A special court in Ghaziabad gave the agency four days, from 4:30 pm on November 12 to 4:30 pm on November 16, to question him in a money laundering case linked to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. The court referred to an alleged diversion of public funds and assets worth ₹426.46 crore. It also set conditions: medical checks before and after, a health check every 48 hours, one hour a day with his lawyer, and no physical or mental torture (Hindustan Times, Dainik Bhaskar). Hold on to one word here: alleged. Khan was arrested by the ED on October 31, soon after walking out of Rampur jail on bail in a separate case. His lawyer, Kapil Sibal, told the Supreme Court the timing was mala fide. On November 5, the Supreme Court sent his bail plea to the Allahabad High Court and asked for it to be heard on November 16 (India Today). Now the so...
