Hours after getting bail, AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan summoned by ED in Delhi waqf board case

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday for questioning in connection with a money laundering case, PTI reported.

The fresh summons came hours after Khan was granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with a complaint against him by the Enforcement Directorate for disobeying earlier summons in the case.

The MLA has been asked to continue recording his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, PTI reported quoting unidentified officials. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in appointments and misappropriation of funds in the Delhi Waqf Board during Khan’s chairmanship between 2018 and 2022.

Delhi Waqf Board case

On September 16, 2022, the Anti-Corruption Branch, which reports to Delhi’s lieutenant governor, arrested Khan hours after the police conducted raids at multiple locations related to the MLA.

Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Kumar Shrivastava had claimed that officials found money trails in Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana and Uttarakhand.

Khan was eventually granted bail on September 28, 2022.

In October, the Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at three premises linked to Khan in the national capital and alleged that he had received Rs 4 crore in cash for appointments to the Delhi Waqf Board and invested the “proceeds of crime” for purchasing immovable assets in the name of his associates.

In January, the...

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