The Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged on Tuesday that AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was dealing with "ill-gotten" money and indulged in "tainted" cash transactions to purchase an immovable property in Delhi. ED has arrested the 50-year-old legislator from Okhla on Monday after conducting a search at his house.

The agency also charged him with "non cooperation" and "avoiding investigation" in the case claiming he only appeared once out of the 14 summonses sent to him to depose and get his statement recorded by the investigating officer.

“During the course of investigation, multiple searches were conducted dated 09.10.2023 and dated 02.01.2024 and incriminating materials were seized. ED investigation revealed that under the directions of Amanatullah Khan, Zeeshan Haider and Daud Nasir were managing the ill-gotten money of Amanatullah Khan during his tenure as Chairman of Delhi Waqf Board and used the same to make cash payments via Kausar Imam Siddiqui for the purchase of property at 275-276, TTI Tikona Park, Okhla, Delhi belonging to Jawed Imam Siddiqui”.

 ED investigation revealed huge cash deposits in the bank accounts of Jawed Imam Siddiqui and his wife and that the handwritten notings by Kausar Imam Siddiqui in the seized diary pertains to the same tainted cash transactions made on behalf of Amanatullah Khan for the purchase of the said property at Tikona Park. During the course of PMLA investigation, 14 summons were issued to Amanatullah Khan. However, he appeared in response to only one summon, that too on the direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.

The money laundering case against the AAP MLA stems from two FIRs, one by the Delhi ACB and the other filed by the CBI to probe alleged irregularities committed during his tenure as the chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board from 2016-2021. He was been charged by the ED and the CBI with committing illegalities in the appointment of Group C and D employees in the Delhi Waqf Board (DWB) causing a wrongful loss to the government apart from a claimed "misuse and abuse" of his official position as the Waqf Board Chairman in allotment of the tenancy of properties of the DWB without following proper procedure.

The agency said it has filed two complaints before a local court for non compliance of the summons.