NTI: Amanatullah Khan, an AAP MLA, has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Waqf Board corruption scandal. The ED took Khan into custody on Monday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after conducting a search at his residence in the Okhla area of New Delhi.
The case against Khan originates from two FIRs: one filed by the CBI concerning alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board, and another by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) related to charges of possessing disproportionate assets.
Early in the morning, ED officials, accompanied by Delhi Police and CRPF personnel, raided the 50-year-old legislator’s residence as part of their investigation into the alleged money laundering tied to irregularities in Waqf Board appointments and property leases.
Khan had previously been arrested by the ED in April in connection with this case but was granted bail by the Delhi Rouse Avenue Court, which required a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and a surety of the same amount. The ED had filed a complaint against Khan for failing to appear before the agency and cooperate in the investigation concerning the alleged Waqf Board irregularities. Allegedly, Khan amassed a significant amount of cash through illegal staff recruitment at the Delhi Waqf Board, using it to purchase properties in the names of his associates.
Earlier today, Khan released a video statement in which he accused the ED of harassing him for the past two years. “It is seven in the morning, and the ED has come to arrest me under the pretext of a search warrant. My mother-in-law, who has cancer, is currently at my home. I have responded to all their notices, yet they continue to harass me. Their sole aim is to break our party, but we will not bow down or be broken,” he asserted.
