# ED gets four-day custody of Azam Khan in Rs 426 crore case 2026-11-12T13:55:07+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Outlets counted: hindustantimes.com, indiatvnews.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com A special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Thursday granted the Enforcement Directorate four days’ custody of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a money laundering case linked to the construction of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. The custody, from 4.30pm on 12 November until 4.30pm on 16 November, was allowed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after the court noted an alleged diversion of public funds and assets worth Rs 426.46 crore. Khan, approximately 78 or 79 years old, was arrested on 31 October hours after his release from Rampur jail. The ED argued that custodial interrogation was needed to trace the money trail through multiple entities and shell structures. Khan will be taken to the ED headquarters in Delhi or to Lucknow for questioning, different outlets report, and his lawyer said the arrest was intended to harass him. The Allahabad High Court is set to hear his bail plea on 16 November. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets report that a Ghaziabad court granted the Enforcement Directorate four days' custody of Azam Khan in a money laundering case linked to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, citing alleged diversion of Rs 426.46 crore. Hindustan Times adds the court's direction for medical checks and a daily lawyer meeting, a detail the others omit. India TV emphasises the political angle: the Supreme Court transferred Khan's bail plea to the Allahabad High Court, which will hear it on 16 November. The core facts of the custody period and the amount are uniform, leaving the case's next legal step as the concrete date to watch: 16 November. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Unembellished agency reporting, no added framing - indiatvnews.com (neutral report) Leads with Supreme Court transfer, political timing highlighted - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight news with court order and medical directions This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 12 November 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-11-12T16:30:20+00:00. Tags: Allahabad High Court, Azam Khan, Enforcement Directorate, Jauhar University, Rampur, Samajwadi Party Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ed-gets-4-day-custody-of-azam-khan-in-rs-426-crore-university-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ed-gets-4-day-custody-of-azam-khan-in-rs-426-crore-university-case/#story-in-brief Gate decision: pass (pass: linked qualifying outlets 3 of 3, relevance 8) Freshness: pass (fresh: newest qualifying source 2026-11-12 15:08Z (feed), 1.4 h old) Image: photograph. Source: member: https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-135769743,imgsize-40932,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75/khan-was-arrested-by-the-central-agency-shortly-after-his-release-from-rampur-district-jail-on-october-31.jpg. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/