The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday night arrested chairman of the Al-Falah group Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in an alleged money-laundering case related to the Al Falah Charitable Trust.

He was sent to 13 days’ ED custody by a city court till December 1. The order was passed at 1 am on Wednesday by Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan.

Siddiqui was arrested on Tuesday under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. He was produced before the court later in the night for the purpose of seeking ED remand.

According to officials, the arrest followed detailed investigation and analysis of evidences gathered during search operations carried out at premises related to the Al Falah group in the ongoing probe in an ECIR recorded by the ED under the PMLA

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