Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case: Court summons AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on ED’s plea

The court had earlier rejected Khan’s anticipatory bail plea in the case.

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan. (Express file photo by Abhinav Saha)

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan to appear before it on April 20 in relation to the Waqf board money laundering case.

On April 5, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a complaint before the Rouse Avenue Court after the Okhla MLA skipped its summons in relation to the Waqf Board case.

The central probe agency filed the complaint in the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra, under CrPC (Criminal Procedure Code) sections 190 and 200 for not complying with its summons issued under the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) Section 50 (power to issue summons) as well as not joining the investigation.

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The court had earlier rejected Khan’s anticipatory bail plea in the case. According to the ED case, Khan allegedly acquired “huge proceeds of crime” in cash through illegal recruitment of staff, and invested the amount to purchase immovable assets in the name of his aides.

Earlier, the ED had also filed a prosecution complaint in the matter against five entities, including three alleged associates of Khan who were arrested by the agency in November 2023.

Khan was not named as an accused in the chargesheet. The agency, however, alleged in the chargesheet that properties were purchased at Khan’s behest.

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