New Delhi: On Monday, the anti-money laundering bureau Enforce arrested Amanatullah Khan, the AAP lawmaker of Okhla. The arrest pertains to alleged fraudulence connected to a Delhi Waqf Board (DWB) and allegations of ill-gotten property.
The ED action comes in the wake of two FIRs of CBI on corruption allegations in Delhi Waqf Board and another FIR by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch on accumulating assets beyond the known sources. An unnamed official stated that this arrest was a result of these investigations.
Amanatullah Khan was arrested after police action in his home in Okhla. Subsequently, Khan complained on Twitter about the raid, saying that the ED targeted them under the guise of a search warrant while his mother-in-law, who is a cancer patient, was at home. Khan fired the ED, accusing them of targeting him and his party with the aim of soft-covering them. In the video message, he said that the agency’s actual goal is to weaken AAP, and he refused to be intimidated by them.
It has vehemently condemned the Union government, stating that ED is being used as a political weapon to muzzle everybody’s voice. In the excise policy case, the AAP’s ex-deputy chief minister and recently released man, Manish Sisodia commented that those who do not wish to be subdued are locked up. Signifying this, AAP leader Sanjay Singh supported the same, saying there is no proof against the khan.
In April, the ED requested an arrest warrant against Khan because the man had refused to meet with the agency. Earlier this year, the ED charge sheet naming Khan’s alleged associates Zeeshan Haider, Daud Nasir, Jawed Imam Siddiqui and Kausar Imam Siddiqui in connection with the case.
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