New Delhi: A city court on Thursday (November 14) refused to take cognisance of a supplementary chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan in the Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case and ordered his release from judicial custody.
Special Judge Jitendra Singh ordered Khan’s release on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh and also discharged his second wife his Maryam Siddiqui.
There was no sanction to prosecute Khan: Court
According to news reports, the court said that there was sufficient evidence against Khan in the case, however, there was no sanction to prosecute him and declined to take cognisance. On Khan;s second wife Maryam Siddiqui, the court said that there is no evidence against her in the case and discharged her.
Court earlier reserved its order on chargesheet cognisance
The court had earlier reserved its order on whether to take or not to take cognisance of ED’s supplementary chargesheet against Khan and his second wife.
What are the allegations against Khan?
As per the allegations levelled by the ED, Khan acquired “huge proceeds of crime” in cash through illegal recruitment of staff at the Delhi Waqf Board during his chairmanship of the Waqf Board and invested those alleged ill-gotten money to purchase immovable assets in his associates’ name.
ED on October 29 filed first supplementary chargesheet against Khan, his second wife
The ED had filed an 110-page first supplementary chargesheet before the special court against Khan and his second wife Maryam Siddiqui on October 29.
Earlier on January 9, the ED had filed the chargesheet in the money laundering case before the special court under the provisions of the PMLA against Zeeshan Haider, Daud Nasir, Kausar Imam Siddiqui and Jawed Imam Siddiqui.
ED arrested Khan in money laundering case on September 2
Khan, Zeeshan Haider, Daud Nasir, Kausar Imam Siddiqui and Jawed Imam Siddiqui were arrested by the ED in the Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case and they all are currently lodged in judicial custody. The ED arrested Khan in the case on September 2.
ED’s money laundering case against Khan stems from two FIRs registered by CBI, Delhi Police
The money laundering case of the ED against the AAP MLA stems from two First Information Reports (FIR) – one registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Wakf Board and the other one registered by the Delhi Police’s anti-corruption unit for alleged disproportionate assets case.
