LUCKNOW, Dec. 24 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Lucknow zonal office, has secured a major legal step in a money laundering case linked to the alleged misuse of government funds by the Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust. The special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Lucknow, took cognisance of the prosecution complaint on November 25, 2025, confirmed senior ED officials on Tuesday.

They said the ED had filed the prosecution complaint on August 11, 2025, seeking confiscation of properties worth Rs.45.92 lakh and conviction of the accused-Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, its then project director Louise Khurshid, wife of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, and Mohammad Athar-for their alleged involvement in m...