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ED attaches INR1,170 crore assets in university case

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Enforcement Directorate attached land and buildings of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University worth about INR1,170 crore.
Investigators said INR426.46 crore of the assets represent alleged proceeds of crime.
Only INR72.63 crore of campus costs were accounted for, leaving INR426.46 crore unexplained.
ED opened the investigation based on 26 FIRs filed at Azeem Nagar police station in Rampur.
Investigators identified 45 plots covering about 34 acres as illegally occupied for the university campus.

History

The Supreme Court’s 2 February 2012 ruling cancelled 122 2G licences, calling the allocation unconstitutional and prompting the Enforcement Directorate to seize assets of former telecom minister A. Raja and firms worth about INR1,000 crore. That precedent guides today’s ED freeze of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University’s alleged INR426.46 crore from 45 Rampur plots, illustrating the use of large asset attachments in anti-money-laundering actions.

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The Supreme Court’s 2 February 2012 ruling cancelled 122 2G licences, calling the allocation unconstitutional and prompting the Enforcement Directorate to seize assets of former telecom minister A. Raja and firms worth about INR1,000 crore. That precedent guides today’s ED freeze of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University’s alleged INR426.46 crore from 45 Rampur plots, illustrating the use of large asset attachments in anti-money-laundering actions.

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