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New Delhi, 05 April (HS). ED has filed a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan in Rouse Avenue Court for ignoring the summons issued in the money laundering case related to Delhi Waqf Board recruitment. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra will hear the ED's petition tomorrow i.e. on April 6.
ED has filed a petition saying that summons were issued to Amanatullah Khan under Section 50 of the Money Laundering Act for questioning in a money laundering case related to irregularities in the recruitment of Delhi Waqf Board, but he did not appear. ED has said that Amanatullah Khan is not cooperating in the investigation. Earlier on March 11, Delhi High Court had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Amanatullah Khan. According to ED, Amanatullah Khan acquired huge wealth from criminal activities and purchased immovable property in the name of his associates. According to ED, during the raid many documents and digital evidence were found which showed that he was involved in the crime of money laundering.
It is noteworthy that Rouse Avenue Court had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Amanatullah Khan on March 1. Rouse Avenue Court has taken cognizance of the charge sheet filed by ED. ED had filed the charge sheet on January 9. The people accused by ED in the charge sheet of about five thousand pages include Javed Imam Siddiqui, Dawood Nasir, Kausar Imam Siddiqui and Zeeshan Haider. ED has also made partnership firm Sky Power an accused.
According to ED, this case is related to the sale of land worth Rs 13 crore 40 lakh. According to the ED, the lands were bought and sold from the assets acquired from unknown sources of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan. An entry of Rs 8 crore has been made in the diary of accused Kausar Imam Siddiqui. Javed Imam got this property through sale deed. Javed Imam sold this property for Rs 13 crore 40 lakh. Zeeshan Haider gave cash to Javed for this.
CBI had earlier registered a case in this matter. In the case registered by CBI, FIR has been registered against 11 accused including Amanatullah Khan. CBI had registered an FIR in this case on 23 November 2016. After investigation, CBI filed the charge sheet on 21 August 2022. According to CBI, irregularities were committed in the CEO and other contractual appointments of Delhi Waqf Board.
The CBI charge sheet states that for these appointments, Amanatullah Khan conspired with Mehboob Alam and other accused who were appointed to various posts in the Waqf Board. According to the charge sheet, these appointments were made arbitrarily and Amanatullah Khan and Mehboob Alam misused their positions.
