ED has arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board during his chairmanship. The 50-year-old is AAP MLA from the Okhla assembly seat.
The Supreme Court last week refused to entertain his anticipatory bail application in the case. The apex court directed him to join the investigation on April 18. Speaking to reporters before entering the ED office on Thursday, Khan claimed he followed the rules when he was the chairman of the Waqf Board and did everything after taking legal opinion and as per the new Act (for the board) that came in 2013, he said.
The money laundering case against Khan stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR and three Delhi Police complaints. The ED, which had conducted raids on the premises of the legislator, has claimed Khan acquired “huge proceeds of crime” in cash through illegal recruitment of staff in the Delhi Waqf Board and invested those to purchase immovable assets in the name of his associates.
The ED had alleged in a statement that “illegal recruitment” of staff took place in the Waqf Board and “illegal personal gains” were made by unfairly leasing the Waqf Board properties during Khan’s chairmanship (2018-2022).
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had alleged this investigation was among those “false cases” which were being filed against its party leaders. The Supreme Court, in its April 15 order where it refused any relief to Khan, had voiced its displeasure over the MLA skipping ED summonses.
(With inputs from PTI)
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ED arrests AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in Delhi Waqf Board-linked money laundering case
