The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided the premises of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in Delhi as part of a money-laundering investigation against him and some others.
The ED searches are being undertaken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and about three premises are being covered, PTI has reported.
The federal agency has taken cognisance of a Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR and a CBI FIR against Khan, related to corruption linked to illegal appointments in the Delhi Waqf Board.
Khan was arrested by the Delhi ACB in September 2022. The ACB case pertained to “financial misappropriation and other irregularities in the functioning of the Delhi Waqf Board”.
The ACB FIR said that Khan, while working as chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board, illegally recruited 32 people, violating all norms and government guidelines.
“The then CEO of the Delhi Waqf Board had clearly given statement and issued memorandum against such illegal recruitment. Further, it is alleged that as chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board, Amanatullah Khan rented out a number of properties of the Delhi Waqf Board illegally, with allegations of corruption and favouritism,” the ACB had said in a statement issued in September 2022.
