Azam Khan
Meerut/Lucknow: UP Police registered an FIR against Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Azam Khan , Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust and others after Enforcement Directorate (ED) flagged an alleged Rs 416.1-crore discrepancy in construction expenditure at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. The agency also alleged diversion of Rs 85.8 crore in govt funds and construction materials to the campus. ED had written to UP DGP on Oct 10, seeking registration of an FIR under BNS and Prevention of Corruption Act. Police registered the case at Azeem Nagar police station under BNS sections 61 (criminal conspiracy), 316(5) (criminal breach of trust) and 318(4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), along with sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The FIR also named SS&S Enterprises, SS Chik Associates Pvt Ltd and others associated with the project. The university campus is located in Signankheda village.
Separately, Rampur DM had earlier issued a demolition notice concerning Jauhar University. The order was challenged, and the matter remained pending before the commissioner’s court. The action followed eight hours of questioning of Khan by ED officials at Rampur jail on Tuesday.