New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chairman of the Al Falah group, after it conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of Faridabad-based Al Falah University.

The varsity has been at the centre of the probe into the Red Fort area car blast case.

Siddiqui was apprehended under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 and is being produced before a court for remand.

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