Delhi High Court issues notice to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in money laundering case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan in response to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the trial court’s decision to release him in a money laundering case, Bar and Bench reported.

Justice Vikas Mahajan ordered the trial court to defer proceedings in the matter. The High Court will hear the matter next on March 21.

Khan, the MLA from Delhi’s Okhla constituency, was arrested in the case by the Enforcement Directorate in September.

The case against Khan is based on two first information reports.

The first FIR concerns alleged irregularities in appointments to the Delhi Waqf Board and the alleged misappropriation of its funds during Khan’s chairmanship between 2016 and 2021.

The second FIR is related to an alleged disproportionate assets case.

In October, the Enforcement Directorate filed a supplementary complaint accusing Khan of laundering money linked to corruption in the Waqf Board.

On November 14, a special Delhi court ordered the release of Khan citing the lack of a sanction to prosecute him. The court had also declined to take cognisance of the supplementary chargesheet filed by the central law enforcement agency.

The Enforcement Directorate challenged this order in the High Court.

During the hearing on Thursday, the central agency argued that cognisance had already been taken in the main case. The agency’s counsel said that a prima facie offense…

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