The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday summoned Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his family members including his son Abdullah Azam Khan and wife Tazeen Fatima for an alleged case related to money laundering and land acquisition. Abdullah Azam Khan is elected MLA from Swar assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, and his wife is also associated with Samajwadi Party.
They are likely to appear before the ED separately for questioning at its regional office in Lucknow this week.
It is said that they will be interrogated in connection with the transfer of funds for the construction of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University. They may also be questioned in the disproportionate assets case against Khan. The ED will record their statements under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the case being probed against the 73-year-old leader.
Earlier, Azam Khan has already been probed by the ED when he was lodged in Sitapur jail. He was released in May after 27 months after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in several cases.
The ED initiated a probe against Khan in 2019 after taking cognizance of at least 26 FIRs filed by the state police against him.
Khan is the chairman of the Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Trust and runs the Rampur Public School.
He has earlier served as the urban development minister in the SP government headed by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh.
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Ghazala Ahmad is the Delhi Correspondent for The Cognate.
