Today, On 14th November, A Delhi court ordered the release of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, refusing to take cognizance of the chargesheet filed against him in the Waqf Board case. The court determined that the charges did not warrant further legal action at this stage. Khan had been arrested in connection with alleged irregularities involving the Delhi Waqf Board.
New Delhi: A Delhi court granted bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and ordered his release, while refusing to take cognizance of the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Waqf Board case.
Special Judge Jitendra Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court acknowledged that there was “sufficient evidence to prosecute him” but stated that there was “no sanction to prosecute him.”
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The ED had previously urged the court to proceed with the chargesheet, citing adequate evidence to charge Khan under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
On October 29, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed the first supplementary chargesheet in the Waqf Board case, spanning 110 pages and naming Amanatullah Khan’s wife, Maryam Siddiqui.
Khan and Siddiqui were mentioned only after the supplementary chargesheet, as the initial chargesheet, filed on January 9, named four individuals accused of irregularities in appointments to Delhi Waqf Board positions.
The four individuals Zeeshan Haider, Daud Nasir, Kausar Imam Siddiqui, and Jawed Imam Siddiqui are currently in judicial custody. Khan was arrested on September 2 after the ED raided his Okhla residence.
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In the meantime, Khan filed for bail. The ED’s money laundering investigation is linked to two FIRs: one based on the CBI’s probe into alleged Waqf Board irregularities and another stemming from a disproportionate assets case filed by the Delhi Police’s anti-corruption unit.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that Amanatullah Khan received substantial “proceeds of crime” in cash through the illegal recruitment of staff for the Delhi Waqf Board. The ED claims that Khan then used these funds to purchase immovable properties, which were registered in the names of his associates.
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