An Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation has uncovered allegations that Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, the chairperson of Al-Falah University, used forged documents to acquire a significant parcel of land in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar. The probe agency claims that a General Power of Attorney (GPA), dated January 7, 2004, was created using the names of five deceased landowners. These individuals had passed away between 1972 and 1998, yet their purported signatures and thumb impressions appear on the forged GPA used to transfer Khasra No. 792 to Siddiqui’s Tarbia Education Foundation.
The ED’s findings indicate that a sale deed was subsequently registered on June 27, 2013, nearly a decade after the fraudulent GPA was executed. This deed reportedly shows the land, valued at approximately Rs 75 lakh, being sold to the Tarbia Education Foundation by an individual named Vinod Kumar, who allegedly signed as a representative for all the deceased owners. The ED views the Tarbia Education Foundation as the primary beneficiary of this alleged land fraud and is actively investigating the full extent of involvement.
Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui has been apprehended by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This action follows searches conducted against trustees and promoters associated with the Al-Falah medical college-cum-hospital. Evidence reportedly gathered suggests Siddiqui’s central role in controlling the trust and its operations. The ED has cited extensive evidence, including cash recovered from trustees and the diversion of funds to related entities, as indicative of proceeds of crime being generated and laundered.