AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Arrested By ED After 9 Hours Of Questioning In Delhi Waqf Board Case

The AAP MLA, who had declined ED summons, appeared before the probe agency today for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board.  

File photo of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan. ( Image Source :PTI )

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was on Thursday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after nine hours of questioning in Delhi Waqf Board-linked money laundering case. 

The AAP MLA, who had declined ED summons, appeared before the probe agency today for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board.  

The deposition of the Okhla MLA comes after the Supreme Court last week refused to entertain his anticipatory bail application in the case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board during his chairmanship. The SC directed him to join the investigation on April 18.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh said Modi government is fully involved in Operation Lotus and ministers and MLAs are being arrested by framing fake cases against them.

मोदी सरकार ऑपरेशन लोटस पूरी तरह जुट गई है मंत्रियों विधायकों पर फर्जी मामले बनाकर उनको गिरफ़्तार किया जा रहा है।@KhanAmanatullah के विरुद्ध बेबुनियाद मामला बनाकर ED द्वारा ने उनको गिरफ़्तार करने की तैयारी की जा रही है।
तानाशाही का अंत जल्द होगा।
मैं उनके परिवार से मिलने जा रहा…

— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) April 18, 2024

"Modi government is fully engaged in Operation Lotus and ministers and MLAs are being arrested by framing fake cases against them. Preparations are being made by the ED to arrest @KhanAmanatullah  by fabricating a baseless case against him. The dictatorship will end soon. I am going to meet his family," Singh said in a post on X. 

The money laundering case against Amanatullah stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR and three Delhi Police complaints. The ED, which had conducted raids on the premises of the legislator, has claimed Khan acquired huge proceeds of crime in cash through illegal recruitment of staff in the Delhi Waqf Board and invested those to purchase immovable assets in the name of his associates.  

The ED said Khan acquired huge proceeds of crime out of the said criminal activities in cash and this cash amount was invested in purchase of various immovable properties in Delhi in the name of his associates.    

As per the probe agency, several incriminating material in the form of physical and digital evidence were seized during the raids which indicated the Khan's role in money laundering.