The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, the Chairman of Al Falah group, under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

This comes after the ED conducted searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of Al Falah University of Faridabad, the varsity central to the Red Fort area car blast case, officials said.

Multiple teams of the federal probe agency raided at least 25 premises of the Al Falah trust and University establishment since 5:15 am, they said.

\"The operation forms part of an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities, use of shell companies, accommodation entities and money laundering.The role of Al-Falah Trust and related entities is under investigation,\" an ED official said.

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