Al-Falah Group Chief Jawad Siddiqui’s Family Property in Mhow Booked for Illegal Construction
Action comes as Al-Falah Group faces heightened scrutiny amid Red Fort blast investigation
Mhow, Madhya Pradesh | November 20, 2025: The Mhow Cantonment Board has issued a demolition notice to the occupants and legal heirs of a residential property linked to the family of Al-Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, citing unauthorised construction carried out without mandatory permissions. The notice directs the residents to remove the illegal portion within three days, failing which the Board will undertake demolition and recover the expenses from those responsible.
According to Cantonment Board officials, the action follows longstanding concerns regarding the structure. The disputed house, numbered 1371 and located on survey number 245/1245 in Mukeri Mohalla, Mhow, has reportedly violated construction norms for decades. Cantonment Engineer H.S. Kaloya stated that notices were earlier issued in 1996 and 1997 under relevant provisions of the Cantonments Act, 1924, ordering removal of unauthorised extensions. Those directives, officials confirmed, were not complied with.
The latest action comes at a time when Faridabad-based Al-Falah University, run by the Al-Falah Group, is under heightened scrutiny following the deadly blast at Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10. The explosion claimed 15 lives and left several injured, prompting investigators to examine individuals and organisations associated with the university.
Further complicating matters, officials noted that Madhya Pradesh Police recently arrested Hamood Ahmed Siddiqui, brother of Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, from Hyderabad in connection with a long-pending financial fraud case in Mhow. The alleged scam dates back nearly 25 years.
Investigation agencies are also examining Al-Falah University after it emerged that the main accused in the Red Fort blast, Dr Umar Un Nabi, previously worked as an assistant professor in the university’s general medicine department. With several accused believed to have ties to the institution, authorities are reviewing university records, financial transactions and administrative details as part of an ongoing probe into what investigators describe as a suspected “white-collar module”.
