Chairman of the Al Falah group Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui had incentives to flee India as his close family members are settled in Gulf countries, and he is in receipt of at least Rs 415 crore tainted funds generated dishonestly from students of educational institutions run by his Trust, the ED informed a court.

Siddiqui was taken into custody by the federal probe agency on Tuesday night after it conducted a day-long search against the Al Falah University group of Faridabad. The University is central to the investigation into the November 10 Red Fort area blast, which killed 15 and injured several others.

He was produced at the residence of Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan (Saket court), where the agency sought his 14-day remand for custodial interrogation. The court sent him

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