FARIDABAD: Al Falah College in Faridabad has responded to a show-cause discover issued by the Nationwide Evaluation and Accreditation Council (NAAC), saying that the outdated accreditation displayed on its web site was “an oversight.” The college confirmed that the data has now been eliminated and expressed remorse for the “web site design error.”The response comes amid an ongoing investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into alleged monetary irregularities on the Al-Falah group, which runs the college, a hospital and a medical school in Faridabad. ED sources say crores of rupees had been allegedly siphoned off to family-linked entities, with contracts for building and catering awarded to corporations owned by the household of the group’s chairman, Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui. Siddiqui was arrested on Tuesday by the ED beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) following searches at 25 premises linked to the group. Investigators reportedly seized over Rs 48 lakh in money, a number of digital gadgets and paperwork pointing to shell corporations and potential diversion of funds. Courtroom data observe that between FY 2018–19 and 2024–25, Al-Falah establishments generated roughly Rs 415.10 crore in education-related receipts. The ED alleges that these funds had been obtained by means of dishonest, forgery and the usage of fabricated paperwork during times when the college misrepresented its accreditation and statutory standing. The investigation is described as “nascent” however severe, with custodial interrogation deemed essential to hint additional proceeds of crime and stop the dissipation of belongings. The probe follows two FIRs filed by the Delhi Police Crime Department alleging that the college made fraudulent claims about NAAC and UGC accreditation to mislead college students and oldsters. The College Grants Fee (UGC) had earlier clarified that Al-Falah College is recognised solely beneath Part 2(f) as a State Personal College and has by no means utilized beneath Part 12(B), making it ineligible for grants beneath that provision.