Lucknow : Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has approached the Supreme Court. He has challenged his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a fresh money laundering case soon after his release from jail. The Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the appeal by Azam Khan's lawyer Nizam Pasha for immediate listing of the case and said that the petition will be listed for hearing this week.
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According to reports, the SP leader's lawyer Nizam Pasha mentioned former minister Azam Khan's petition before the Supreme Court. The petition challenges his arrest by the ED just “40 minutes” after his release from jail on October 29 in the 'dual PAN card' case. Khan has also sought quashing of the November 1 order of the special court, under which he was sent to judicial custody. Besides, he has also appealed for release from custody for the time being. CJI Surya Kant has agreed to list this petition this week.
Special PMLA court sent Azam Khan to judicial custody
The investigating agency issued a statement on Sunday saying that the Lucknow-based Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Mohammad Azam Khan on 31.10.2026 under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, in a money laundering case. He is the founder of 'Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust' and Chancellor of 'Mohammad Ali Jauhar University' located in Rampur. The special PMLA court of Ghaziabad has sent him to judicial custody for 14 days.