Court denies bail to Al-Falah group chief in ED case, says wife’s cancer doesn’t require his care

A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected the interim bail plea of Al-Falah University Chairperson Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, accused in a Rs 493-crore money laundering case, PTI reported.

Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan was hearing Siddiqui’s plea seeking six weeks’ interim bail to look after his wife, who is suffering from stage-4 metastatic ovarian cancer.

The court held that Siddiqui had failed to show that his wife required his exclusive care during cancer treatment. It noted that while Siddiqui's wife was undergoing treatment for a serious ailment, medical records described her condition as stable and did not indicate that she was terminally ill, bedridden or incapable of managing her daily routine.

Siddiqui was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in February in connection with alleged financial and administrative irregularities at Al-Falah University and was taken into custody by the ED in March.

The Al-Falah group has also been under scrutiny in an investigation linked to the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort. This was after it emerged that a doctor named Umar Nabi, was believed to have been driving the car that exploded, had been employed by the institution.

The money-laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate was based on two first information reports filed by the Delhi Police, which alleged that Al-Falah...

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