In the Waqf Board case, the ED examines Amanatullah for hours
Days after the Supreme Court rejected Amanatullah Khan’s petition for anticipatory release, the ED questioned the AAP lawmaker for many hours on Thursday over purported anomalies in the Waqf Board money laundering case.
Khan, fifty, is an Okhla MLA. to eleven in the morning, he showed up to the investigate agency’s office. Before going inside the ED office, Khan told reporters, “I just followed the rules when I was the chairman of the Waqf Board and did everything after taking legal opinion as per the new Act that came into existence in 2013.”
In its April 15 ruling, the SC expressed its dissatisfaction with Khan’s failure to appear for ED summonses and denied him any relief. “This is what happened… Despite many summonses being sent, you failed to show up. That is incorrect. How can we accept that?” the bench questioned his representative.
The Delhi Police and CBI filed allegations, which led to the money laundering case against Khan. The issue concerns a property in Okhla valued at Rs 36 crore that was allegedly purchased using illegal monies, allegedly under the influence of Khan, who allegedly gave over Rs 8 crore in cash. The ED examined prior FIRs that the CBI had filed while conducting the investigation.
