New Delhi: The Lucknow zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has secured custodial remand of stalwart Samajwadi Party (SP) minister Azam Khan for four days, so that the senior leader can be taken to the ED headquarters in Delhi for questioning, reported Hindustan Times.Reacting to the development, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday (November 12) that it is the administration’s responsibility to ensure that Khan’s health and safety are taken care of.“We have received news that the administration is taking the respected Azam Khan from Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad to an undisclosed location. It is the administration’s responsibility to ensure his health and safety are fully taken care of, and that no negligence occurs,” Yadav posted on X on Thursday.The HT report added that Khan’s remand, granted to the ED by the special judge (PMLA), Court No. 1, Ghaziabad in relation to a money-laundering case linked to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, began from 4.30 pm on November 12 and will end on 4.30 pm on November 16.The court observed that statutory requirements under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) had been prima facie fulfilled and custodial interrogation was necessary to trace the extensive money trail and establish the role of multiple entities and shell structures.The court said that Khan, who is currently lodged in Dasna jail in Ghaziabad will have to undergo medical examinations before entering ED custody and before being produced at the end of the remand.The court also prohibited physical or mental torture. It allowed an advocate of Khan’s choice to meet him for one hour daily and also gave directions that the veteran leader’s health should be examined every 48 hours.The court has said that the investigating officer must produce him before the court after the remand expires.Khan was arrested on October 31 right after he and his son were released from Rampur Jail on after 11 months in jail in connection with an earlier case.“What more can I say now. This is the punishment for being a Muslim. The mistake is that a Muslim built a university. That is our crime,” Khan had said as he was taken away by ED officials.Khan was later taken to the ED headquarters in New Delhi for questioning. After Khan complained of a chest and stomach ache, the ED and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team took him to RML hospital in Delhi for a check up. After clearance from a specialist team of doctors, he was brought to ED and questioned again, as per the report.In November 2025, Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan, were sent to jail in connection with a PAN card forgery case, nearly two months after he was released after serving a sentence in multiple criminal cases.