New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of the Al Falah group, after it conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of Faridabad-based Al Falah University, linked to the Red Fort area car blast case, officials said.

Siddiqui has been taken into custody under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and is being produced before a competent court for remand, they said.

The agency has also seized cash of Rs 48 lakh during the searches that began around 5:15 am, and a total of 19 locations were covered in Delhi-NCR after a case was filed under the PMLA, taking cognisance of two FIRs filed by the Delhi Police, the officials said.

ED investigators also raided an office of the

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