ED raided four places in Bikaner on 17 September 2025. The raids were conducted at the locations of Mohammad Sadiq Khan and his close colleagues. The matter is related to money laundering and hawala and the investigation of this case is going on under PMLA.

The ED investigation started on 3 January 2022 at the FIR and intelligence input lodged at Kotgate police station in Bikaner. In this, a case was registered under the sections of IPC and ARMS Act. According to the information, Mohammad Sadiq, who is the head of Jamiat Ahle Hadith in Bikaner, was found to be involved in activities like hawala business, money laundering and illegal religious conversion.

Transaction of crores through trusts and bank accounts

It was revealed in the raid that Sadiq was the president of the Alfurkan Educational Trust and the Masjid-e-Ayesha Trust was also operated in his hand. Heavy cash was deposited in the bank accounts of these trusts. The investigation revealed about 20 bank accounts, which Sadiq used to control directly. There was a transaction of crores of rupees in these accounts, but the real source of money could not be cleared.

The ED came to know during the investigation that Mohammad Sadiq had no legitimate and large personal income. Nevertheless, he traveled abroad many times in the last few years. He stayed in countries like Bangladesh, Iran, Oman, Nepal and Qatar for a long time. Such evidence has also been found during the search, which made it clear that he had given financial help to an NGO of Bangladesh.

Conspiracy to raise funds for illegal works

Digital evidence found during the investigation also revealed that Sadiq used to share content and radical videos on social media. It also includes videos like burning Israeli flag, which were used to collect people’s sympathy and raise funds for illegal work. Apart from this, he is also accused of illegal supply of weapons and forcibly religious conversion.

The ED says that it is clear from the information received so far that Mohammad Sadiq and his network activities are directly threatened to the country’s internal security and social environment. Through this entire network, things like funding, hawala, radical publicity, misuse of religious trust and financial help to suspected NGOs were going on from abroad. ED investigation is on and more revelations are expected in the coming days.

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