NEW DELHI: In a major relief to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, a Rouse Avenue court in Delhi on Saturday granted him bail in connection with a money laundering case related to Waqf Board irregularities registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate. According to reports, the AAP legislator was granted bail of Rs 15,000 on bail of Rs 15,000. The Central Financial Crimes Investigation Agency recently filed a complaint against an AAP MLA for refusing to join the probe into a case related to alleged irregularities in the appointment of the Delhi Waqf Board and leasing of its properties. Amanatullah Khan was arrested on April 18 by the ED in connection with a money laundering case related to Waqf Board irregularities.
A money laundering case was registered against Khan by the ED based on an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation and three complaints filed against him by the Delhi Police.
Khan, 50, an AAP legislator from the Okhla Assembly seat, allegedly earned huge “monetary proceeds of crime” by engaging in illegal staff appointments in the Delhi Waqf Board. According to the complaints against him, Khan allegedly used the money to invest in real estate under the names of his associates.
The ED alleged that this illegal recruitment led to his personal gains through unauthorized leasing of properties during the AAP MLA chairmanship from 2018 to 2022.
In its affidavit, the central investigating agency alleged that there was “illegal recruitment” of staff at the Delhi Waqf Board and that “illegal personal gains” were made by fraudulently leasing out the board’s assets during Khan’s presidency, which earned “huge proceeds of crime” thus.
However, the Aam Aadmi Party has rejected all allegations against Kham and called it a “conspiracy” by the Center to break the party and dissolve the Delhi government.
