The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has halted the Mhow Cantonment Board’s move to remove what it termed “unauthorised construction” at the ancestral home of Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, chancellor of Al-Falah University and currently under investigation in the Delhi blast probe. The court granted interim protection on Thursday and disposed of the petition filed by Abdul Majid, who lives in the house and had challenged the Board’s demolition notice.

Siddiqui was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on November 18 following searches against the university and persons associated with it. A day later, on November 19, the Cantonment Board issued a notice directing removal of alleged unauthorised construction within three days. The notice warned that the Board would proceed with demo

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