Directorate of Enforcement has registered an alleged money laundering case against Islamic preacher Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan, currently living in the United Kingdom, said the agency on Friday (December 26, 2025).
The ED action is based on a First Information Report registered by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS).
As per available records, Shamsul Huda Khan was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in a government-aided madrasa in 1984. He acquired British citizenship in 2013. However, it is alleged that he continued to draw salary from 2013 to 2017, despite neither being an Indian citizen nor actively discharging his duties as a teacher, while residing abroad.
In the past two decades, he reportedly travelled to several foreign countries and is alleged to have received substantial funds amounting to several crores of rupees through seven to eight bank accounts maintained in India. He allegedly acquired more than a dozen immovable properties, with an estimated value exceeding ₹30 crore.
“Shamsul Huda Khan is accused of promoting radical ideology and engaging in illegal funding activities under the guise of religious education.
