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Delhi Waqf Board Money Laundering Case: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan-Linked Locations Searched By Enforcement Directorate
Arvind Kejriwal with Amanatullah Khan
On Tuesday (2 January), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted new searches at approximately four to five locations in the national capital as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.
This investigation is linked to supposed irregularities in the hiring process for the Delhi Waqf Board staff, according to official sources cited by the Economic Times. The ED is conducting these raids under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
In October, the agency had searched the premises of Khan, a 49-year-old legislator from the Okhla constituency in the Delhi assembly, and arrested three of his alleged associates in November.
The ED claims that Khan illegally generated a substantial amount of money from the illicit recruitment of staff in the Delhi Waqf Board and used this to purchase immovable assets in his associates' names.
The agency's statement explained that their actions were based on a CBI FIR and three Delhi Police complaints against Khan, who allegedly used the illicitly obtained cash to buy various properties in Delhi under his associates' names.
The ED seized several incriminating physical and digital evidence during the raids, which they claim indicates Khan's involvement in money laundering. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, however, has accused the authorities of trying to dismantle the AAP by filing false cases against its leaders.
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