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Waqf Board case: ED files supplementary chargesheet against AAP MLA Amantullah Khan – India News
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Waqf Board case: ED files supplementary chargesheet against AAP MLA Amantullah Khan – India News

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a case involving alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board.

The 110-page supplementary charge sheet alleges that Khan laundered money generated by corruption within the board of directors. The prosecution’s complaint names Mariam Siddiqui, who has not been arrested, as an accused in the case. The court is expected to hear the charge sheet on November 4.

The ED has charged four persons including Zeeshan Haider, his partnership firm Sky Power, Javed Imam Siddiqui, Dawood Nasir and Qausar Imam Siddiqui. The ED alleged money laundering in the purchase and sale of a property valued at Rs 36 crore in the name of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.

According to the ED, the property worth Rs 36 crore was purchased using ill-gotten money at Khan’s direction, Khan allegedly handed over Rs 8 crore in cash. The agency alleged that the allegations of the underlying offense involved irregularities within the Delhi Waqf Board, implicating Khan in corrupt practices.

The ED stated that a property worth Rs 100 crore was misappropriated and that jobs were misallocated under the Delhi Waqf Board along with claims of misappropriation and misappropriation of funds. During the investigation of this PMLA case, the ED noted that earlier FIRs were registered by the CBI, Anti-Corruption Bureau and Delhi Police.

The ED said there was enough evidence to prosecute Khan and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Special Judge Vishal Gogne scheduled a hearing on Khan’s bail plea on November 7.

Khan was arrested on September 2 after the ED conducted a search at his residence in Delhi’s Okhla area, claiming he was “evasive” during interrogation. The money laundering probe stems from two FIRs: one filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation into alleged irregularities in the Wakf Board and another into disproportionate assets registered by the Delhi Police’s anti-corruption unit.