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

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf board.

The 110-page supplementary charge sheet alleges that Khan committed money laundering money caused by corruption within the administration. The prosecutor’s complaint names a certain Mariam Siddiqui, who has not been arrested, as a suspect in the case. The court is expected to hear the charges on November 4.

The ED had charged four persons including Zeeshan Haider, his partner company Sky Power, Javed Imam Siddiqui, Dawood Nasir and Qausar Imam Siddiqui. The ED alleged that there was money laundering in the purchase and sale of a property worth Rs 36 crore on behalf of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.

According to the ED, the Rs 36 crore property was acquired with ill-gotten money on Khan’s instructions, with Khan allegedly handing over Rs 8 crore in cash. The agency alleged that the allegations in the underlying crime involved irregularities within the Delhi Waqf Board, leading Khan to become involved in corrupt practices.

The ED alleged that Rs 100 crore worth of property was misappropriated and that jobs were wrongly allocated within the Delhi Waqf Board, besides claims of embezzlement and siphoning of funds. While investigating this PMLA case, the ED noted that previous FIRs had been registered by the CBI, Anti-Corruption Bureau and Delhi Police.

The ED stated that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Khan and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Special Judge Vishal Gogne has scheduled a hearing on Khan’s bail application for November 7.

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