Less than a month after arresting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case, the Enforcement Directorate has taken an AAP MLA, Amanatullah Khan, into custody in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board, the party has claimed.
Delhi Minister Atishi and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh are at the MLA’s house and the Delhi unit of the party has posted on X that Mr Khan’s alleged arrest is another chapter in the “BJP’s failed attempts to finish off the Aam Aadmi Party”.
Mr Khan was the chairman of the Waqf Board between 2018 and 2022 and the Enforcement Directorate, which is investigating a money laundering angle, has alleged that the MLA acquired “huge proceeds of crime” in cash through illegal recruitment of staff in the Board, which manages Waqf properties.
The ED has claimed he invested the money to purchase assets in the name of his associates.
