Waqf board scam: ED arrests AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in money laundering case

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Waqf Board.
This comes hours after the central probing agency raided Khan’s residence in Okhla.
Earlier today, AAP leader took to X and claimed that ED officials reached his residence to arrest him.
Taking to X, the AAP leader said, ” It is currently 7 am and the ED officials have come to arrest me in my house.My mother-in-law has cancer and had surgery just four days ago; she is also at my house. I have written to them and responded to every notice they sent. Their intention is to arrest me and hinder our work.”
The party also condemned Khan’s arrest and claimed that nothing has been found even after all the agencies have investigated at different levels for the last 8 years.
The party further alleged that the central agency has become a tool for BJP to disrupt the atmosphere in Delhi.
“The whole country is seeing how the agencies are being misused and as the elections come closer, these people will increase this kind of pressure even more,” Bhardwaj said.
Earlier in April this year, the Rouse Avenue Court granted bail to Khan in connection with the Enforcement Directorate’s recent complaint filed against him for alleged non-attendance of the summons in the Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case.
ED recently moved a complaint against him for not appearing before the agency and not joining the probe in the case related to the alleged irregularities in appointment in Delhi Waqf Board and leasing of its properties.
The federal probe agency had alleged that Khan has elevated his role from witness to accused by filing an anticipatory bail plea and running away from the investigation. ED’s lawyer further stated that they were never able to conclude the probe against him because he was not presenting himself before the agency.
A charge sheet has already been filed against four accused persons and one firm. It has been alleged that Rs 100 crore Waqf Properties were given on lease illegally. It is also alleged that 32 contractual employees were appointed in the Delhi Waqf Board during the chairmanship of Khan, who flouted the rules