The Delhi Rouse Avenue court granted AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan bail on Saturday in connection with the Waqf Board case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently lodged a complaint against Amanatullah Khan for his failure to adhere to summons and participate in the investigation concerning irregularities in appointments at the Delhi Waqf Board and the leasing of its properties.
The complaint was filed under section 174 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, along with section 63 (4) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, for non-compliance with Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Amanatullah Khan appeared in court today. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and one surety of equal value.
Representing the Enforcement Directorate, Special Public Prosecutor Simon Benjamin said that Amanatullah Khan transitioned from being a witness to an accused individual by filing an anticipatory bail plea and evading the investigation process. The ED’s legal representative further mentioned that the probe against him remained inconclusive due to his failure to cooperate and appear before the agency.
The Rouse Avenue court dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, on March 1, in connection with a case involving the alleged procurement of a property valued at Rs 36 crore in the Okhla area, allegedly at his insistence. A charge sheet has already been submitted against four accused people and one firm.
During Amanatullah Khan’s time as chairman, it is alleged that around Rs 100 crore worth of Waqf properties were illegally rented out, and 32 temporary workers were hired, breaking the rules at the Delhi Waqf Board.