India’s Enforcement Directorate attaches plot linked to madrasa teacher’s alleged benefits fraud
India’s Enforcement Directorate says it has provisionally attached a residential plot valued at Rs 53.46 lakh belonging to a Uttar Pradesh madrasa teacher who allegedly continued receiving state salary, pension and other benefits after acquiring British citizenship. The agency says the property represents funds it classified as proceeds of crime under money-laundering law.
India’s Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached a residential plot valued at Rs 53.46 lakh in a case involving a Uttar Pradesh madrasa teacher who allegedly continued receiving government benefits after acquiring British citizenship. The agency said the 189.75-square-metre plot in Sant Kabir Nagar was attached by its Lucknow zonal office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The action relates to Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan, whom the ED accused of concealing his change in citizenship status.
According to the agency, Khan acquired British citizenship in December 2013 and consequently ceased to be an Indian citizen. It alleged that he nevertheless remained recorded as an assistant teacher at a government-aided madrasa in Mubarakpur, Azamgarh. The ED said Khan appeared on the employment records from 2007 to 2017 and received salary even though his service had not been verified.
It said the Minority Welfare and Waqf Department later found that his service during that period had never been verified. The agency also said Khan was granted voluntary retirement in 2017 and received a regular pension. In total, it estimated that he obtained about Rs 53.46 lakh in salary, pension, general provident fund and other allowances from the Uttar Pradesh government.
The ED has described that amount as “proceeds of crime” under the money-laundering law. It said Khan used his surrendered Indian passport, along with PAN, Aadhaar and voter identification documents, to purchase property in Sant Kabir Nagar after becoming a British citizen. The attached plot was purchased in Khalilabad, the agency said.
Because the funds had been dissipated, investigators attached property of equivalent value rather than claiming the alleged proceeds directly. The case originated with an FIR registered by Uttar Pradesh Police. The ED said it conducted searches in Sant Kabir Nagar on February 11, 2026, and found documents that formed the basis for the attachment.
The supplied material does not report a final court finding or Khan’s response to the allegations.
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