LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday minutes after his release from jail, was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a Ghaziabad court.

"We requested the court to grant 14 days of judicial custody, and the court has allowed our plea," an ED official said. He was taken to Ghaziabad's Dasna jail from the court following the remand order.

Khan was arrested by ED on Saturday evening in connection with money laundering charges related to misuse of government funds in the construction of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur.

ED officials arrested him soon after he walked out of Rampur jail after spending nearly 11 months in prison. On Sunday, the...