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A Delhi tribunal Saturday (March 7, 2026) granted 2 weeks’ interim bail to Al-Falah radical president Jawed Siddiqui successful a wealth laundering lawsuit to let him to instrumentality attraction of his woman who is undergoing attraction for signifier 4 ovarian cancer.
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan granted the alleviation to Siddiqui, noting that his woman was undergoing chemotherapy and required enactment during the treatment.
“After considering each the contiguous facts and circumstances, I americium of the considered presumption that applicant/ accused deserves to beryllium enlarged connected interim bail arsenic the woman of applicant/ accused is unwell,” the tribunal said successful its order.
It noted that Siddiqui’s woman was undergoing chemotherapy astatine a Delhi infirmary and that the aesculapian documents placed connected grounds were not disputed by the Enforcement Directorate.
It besides observed that the couple’s 3 children were studying successful the UAE and were incapable to question to India, leaving the pistillate without contiguous household support.
“The woman of accused/ applicant requires attraction and support, cannot beryllium ignored and it is besides a information that she does not person her household oregon children too her and it is lone the accused/ applicant being her hubby who is required to springiness her support,” the tribunal said.
Siddiqui, who was arrested connected November 18, 2025, successful the lawsuit registered by the Enforcement Directorate nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and linked to the alleged cheating of students enrolled successful institutions tally by the Al Falah Charitable Trust, was granted the interim bail for 2 weeks connected furnishing a idiosyncratic enslaved and surety of ₹1 lakh each.
The tribunal directed him not to permission Delhi-NCR without permission, to support his mobile telephone active, surrender his passport and not interaction witnesses oregon the complainant during the play of release.
The ED had opposed the plea, arguing that Siddiqui was progressive successful superior offences and could power the investigation, but the tribunal said the accused has joined probe and made nary attempts to fly till date. It stated that immoderate further apprehensions could beryllium addressed by imposing conditions.
On February 5, the bureau arrested Siddiqui connected charges of forgery implicit alleged irregularities successful the functioning of a backstage university. He was produced successful tribunal connected Friday (March 6, 2026) aft the extremity of his earlier 14-day judicial custody granted connected January 31.
The ED probe successful the wealth laundering lawsuit stems from 2 FIRs by the Delhi Police Crime Branch alleging that Al Falah University falsely projected NAAC accreditation and UGC designation to mislead students and parents.
The ED has alleged that the assemblage generated ₹415.10 crore betwixt 2018 and 2025 and that funds collected from students were diverted for idiosyncratic use.
The varsity had besides travel nether scrutiny successful a ‘white-collar terror’ probe successful which 2 doctors linked to it were arrested, portion different doctor, Umar-un-Nabi, associated with its infirmary was identified arsenic the termination bomber successful the November 10 blast extracurricular Red Fort that killed 15 people.
