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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan to appear again next week in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board during his chairmanship. Official sources gave this information on Saturday.
According to sources, the AAP MLA has been asked to appear on April 29 and continue recording his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Okhla Assembly seat was interrogated by the central agency for about 13 hours last week.
In a related development, a Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Khan in a case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for ignoring summons by the agency. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Divya Malhotra released Khan on a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and surety of like amount after he appeared in the court.
AAP leader and Delhi cabinet minister Atishi had earlier said that the ED case against Khan is fake and the party stands with its MLA. Khan had appeared before the agency on April 18 after the Supreme Court refused to consider the AAP MLA’s anticipatory bail plea in this case.
During that time, while talking to reporters before entering the ED office, Khan had claimed that when he was the chairman of the Waqf Board, he followed the rules and regulations after taking legal opinion and the new Act (for the board) that came in 2013. Everything was done as per.
The money laundering case against Khan and his alleged associates is related to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR and three complaints by Delhi Police. The ED has claimed that Khan earned huge sums in cash through illegal recruitment of employees in the Delhi Waqf Board and invested the amount to buy immovable properties in the name of his associates.
