India, Dec. 26 -- New Delhi, December 26 (ANI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against the United Kingdom-based Islamic preacher Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan, top officials said on Friday. The ED initiated an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad.

As per available records, privy to the development said Khan was appointed as an "Assistant Teacher in a government-aided madrasa in 1984 and acquired British citizenship in 2013; however, it is alleged that he continued to draw a salary from 2013 to 2017, despite neither being an Indian citizen nor actively discharging teaching duties, whil...