ED raids SP leader Azam Khan’s Trust and university in Uttar Pradesh

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) raided premises linked to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Belief and College of jailed Samajwadi Occasion chief Azam Khan as a part of a cash laundering investigation, officers stated.

They stated about 10 premises at Rampur and Saharanpur within the State and in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar have been being searched within the presence of a safety workforce from the CRPF.

The motion got here after the federal company booked a case beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).

The premises embody these belonging to a chartered accountant in Saharanpur, two firms and their promoters, who’re linked to the Belief.

The investigation pertains to alleged diversion of presidency contract funds via personal contractors and their subsequent utilisation, together with for creation of belongings of the Belief and the college, based on ED officers.

The Lucknow-headquartered Belief has Khan, former Cupboard minister of the State, as its predominant trustee together with some relations and associates.

It runs the Muhammad Ali Jauhar College, based in 2006, and a public faculty within the Rampur district.

The college was not too long ago within the information when the Rampur Improvement Authority (RDA) in July directed the varsity administration to demolish 38 of its 40 buildings, alleging that they had been constructed with out accredited constructing plans beneath the Uttar Pradesh City Planning and Improvement Act, 1973.

The scholars of the college subsequently launched a protest in opposition to this demolition plan, citing their issues about disruption in research.

Quickly after, the divisional commissioner stayed the proposed demolition and directed that no administrative motion be taken till additional orders, offering momentary aid to the establishment within the long-running dispute with authorities.

The Samajwadi Occasion and different Opposition events have criticised the motion in opposition to the college and alleged political vendetta. They’d urged the administration to look at all authorized facets earlier than taking any motion.