Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday reserved its order on taking cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case related to Delhi Waqf Board. The Rouse Avenue Court scheduled January 19 for pronouncing its verdict on the case.
In the aforesaid money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate alleged that property worth Rs 36 crore was purchased with illegal money, although transactions showed Rs 13.4 crore. It further alleged that Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanat Ullah Khan has also given eight crore cash and investigation is currently underway.
In its chargesheet, the nodal agency named four associates of Amanat Ullah Khan and accused them of conspiring to illegally recruit people into the Delhi Waqf Board, causing financial loss to the exchequer of the Delhi government, and laundering money for the AAP MLA by purchasing immovable assets in India and the United Arab Emirates.
The four accused named in the chargesheet are Jawed Imam Siddiqui, Daud Nasir, and Zeeshan Haider. Reportedly, the accused was arrested by the ED on November 11, 2023, and Kausar Imam Siddiqui, was arrested a few days later. Notably, the Enforcement Directorate also named Haider’s partnership firm Sky power as accused in the nearly 5,100-page charge sheet.
The Enforcement Directorate’s case was registered based on a first information report (FIR) filed in 2016 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the AAP MLA. The CBI asserted that Khan illegally appointed various persons to the Delhi Waqf Board against non-sanctioned and non-existent vacancies, which caused financial loss to the Delhi government and illegal gains to himself.
As per the ED, the AAP leader laundered his illegal gains by purchasing immovable properties through his associates, Jawed, Haider, Nasir, and Kausar. Later in 2022, ED registered a case based on CBI’s FIR. On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court extended the four accused’s judicial custody till January 12.