Amid an ongoing crisis in the AAP government, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday moved a Delhi court seeking an arrest warrant against another Aam Aadmi Party leader in a money laundering case. However, this time it is related to alleged irregularities in appointments in the Delhi Waqf Board. ED moved the Delhi court to take legal action against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.
The court presided over by Special Judge Rakesh Syal, posted the hearing to April 18 after ED Sought time to file certain documents in support of the application.
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"Fresh application for issuance of open-ended non-bailable warrant against Amanatullah Khan has been received from the Bail and Filing Section. It is checked and registered as per rules SPP (special public prosecutor) for ED seeks some time to file certain documents in support of the application. Heard. As requested, put up for consideration on April 18, 2024," the judge said as quoted by news agency PTI.
Although Khan wasn't named in the recent chargesheet filed by the ED, however, the probe agency moved a magisterial court recently seeking the prosecution of AAP MLA for allegedly evading the agency’s summons in the case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra summoned Khan on April 20 in the case.
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The ED had also stated that the agency was not able to conclude the probe against Khan because he had not presented himself before it. "All the other persons are the aides of this particular person. His role is much larger than the other accused persons who have been already arrested and charge-sheeted," the ED had said.
The ED is pursuing legal action against Khan based on suspicions of him amassing unlawful gains through improper staff recruitment and leasing out the Waqf Board properties from 2018 to 2022 when he was its chairperson.