Delhi Court Grants Bail To AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan In Waqf Board Case

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, arrested by the ED in connection with a case linked to the Delhi Waqf Board scam, was granted bail by Delhi court on Saturday.

File photo of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.

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Delhi Rouse Avenue court on Saturday granted bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan concerning the case registered based on a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate against him. He has been granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and one surety of the same amount.

ED had recently moved a complaint against him for not joining the probe in the case related to the alleged irregularities in appointment in Delhi Waqf Board and leasing of its properties.

#WATCH | Delhi Rouse Avenue court grants bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in the case registered on the complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate against him.

The court granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and one surety of like amount.

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Khan was arrested by the ED in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Waqf Board irregularities on April 18. 

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to the AAP MLA in the case, asking him to appear before the agency on April 18 at 11 AM.

The money laundering case was registered against him by ED based on the FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and three complaints filed against him by the Delhi police.

The 50-year-old legislator from the Okhla assembly seat allegedly acquired huge proceeds of cash by engaging in unlawful staff appointments at the Delhi Waqf Baord, using the money to invest into real estate assets under the names of his associates.

ED alleged that these illegal recruitments led to his personal gains through unauthorised property leases during the period of the AAP MLA's charimanship from 2018 to 2022.

In its statement, the anti-corruption agency had alleged that "illegal recruitment" of staff took place at the Delhi Waqf Board and "illegal personal gains" were made by leasing the board's properties unfairly during Khan's chairmanship, who acquired "huge proceeds of crime cash" through it.

However, the Aam Aadmi Party called it a consipracy and said that the Centre wanted to break the party and dismantle the Delhi government.