Senior leader of Samajwadi Party and former cabinet minister Azam Khan (Azam Khan’s) troubles are showing no signs of abating. The noose of the investigating agencies is continuously tightening. In the report sent by the Income Tax Department to the Enforcement Directorate, it has been revealed that black money worth Rs 450 crore has been invested in SP leader’s Jauhar University. On Monday, BJP MLA Akash Saxena, while talking about the investigation report, said that the companies which have funded Jauhar University have not been found to have any physical existence. Azam Khan himself had given the list of these companies to the Income Tax Department during interrogation. At the same time, it is also mentioned in the investigation report that people who donated to the Jauhar Trust also turned down the list, whose list was given by Azam Khan himself to the Income Tax Department. At 7 am on September 13, the Income Tax Department team had raided the house of Azam Khan and his close relatives. This raid was conducted from Uttar Pradesh to Madhya Pradesh. Azam Khan’s house in Rampur was also raided. Here, the house of his very close SP MLA Naseer Khan and former DCB Chairman Salim Qasim was also investigated by the Income Tax Department team.
Azam Khan misused the funds of government departments
According to the information, it has also been said in the investigation report that Azam Khan says the value of his university is Rs 46 crore, whereas the actual value of these buildings is Rs 494 crore. In this way an investment of Rs 450 crore was hidden, which was earned illegally. This does not include land and other movable properties acquired in the university. Apart from this, Rs 88 crore is invested in government departments like Jal Nigam, Public Works Department. Work has been done under different schemes. Such as construction of drainage systems, roads and buildings. At the same time, when the Income Tax Department interrogated Azam Khan, he told the names of those who donated to the Jauhar Trust, but when the Income Tax Department asked those donors, they refused to give any kind of donation to the Jauhar Trust. Sources say that the Income Tax Department has also admitted that Azam Khan, while being a minister in the SP government, misused his power and fulfilled his personal interests in a wrong way.
This percentage of commission of state contractors is charged in the university
In Azam Khan’s Jauhar University, 30 to 40 percent of the money was spent on contractors. According to BJP MLA Akash Saxena, this has also been revealed in the investigation of the Income Tax Department. Non-existent companies donated crores of rupees to Azam Khan’s Jauhar Trust. According to Akash Saxena, these include Pyramid Construction and Suppliers of Lucknow, Salar Overseas Limited and Phase Parveen of Moradabad, AR Education Trust of Delhi, Ramigate Infra Development Private Limited, Mohammad Haseeb of Bahraich, City Education and Social Welfare Society of Noida and Earth Communication Infra. Pvt. Ltd., Royal Emporia Fry Tech Co. These companies donated crores of rupees to Jauhar Trust. After receiving the investigation report of the Income Tax Department, ED can register a case under PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) and FEMA. The reason behind this is illegal money transactions, which comes under its purview. Apart from this, information about foreign currency transactions has also come to light.