The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party leader Amanatullah Khan over a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate has challenged the bail granted by the trial court to Khan in the case.
Hearing the central agency’s plea challenging Khan's bail and the trial court’s refusal to take cognisance of the charge-sheet against him, Justice Vikas Mahajan issued notice to the AAP leader and posted the matter for further hearing on March 21. The bench also directed the trial court to defer its proceedings in the case until the hearing is over in the High Court.
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The AAP leader is facing charges over alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board. The ED has registered a case against Khan and his wife under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The trial court hearing the case refused to take cognisance of ED’s charge-sheet citing lack of requisite sanction to prosecute the AAP leader.
ED filed a 110-page first supplementary prosecution complaint on October 29 last year alleging that Khan laundered money which was purportedly generated through corruption in the Delhi Waqf Board, PTI reported. The central agency raided the AAP MLA’s residence at Okhla in September last year and arrested him following the searches.
The money laundering probe against Khan stems from the CBI's case in connection with alleged irregularities in the Waqf Board and an alleged disproportionate assets case registered by the Delhi Police anti-corruption unit, PTI reported.
