New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Lucknow Zonal Office, on Thursday said it had conducted search operations in connection with a fraud case against Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan and others.
The searches were carried out at two residential premises linked to the accused, located in Sant Kabir Nagar and Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
The ED initiated a PMLA investigation on the basis of three FIRs registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police alleging offences related to fraud, forgery and criminal conspiracy. It is alleged that Shamsul Huda Khan, who was initially employed as a primary school teacher in a madrasa, subsequently acquired UK citizenship in 2013.
Despite acquiring foreign citizenship, he allegedly continued to draw a sal...