ED planning to arrest Amanatullah Khan, alleges Sanjay Singh; meets his family
Apr 18, 2024
New Delhi [India], April 18 : Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged on Thursday that the Enforcement Directorate is planning to arrest party leader Amanatullah Khan in connection with a "baseless" case.
Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, he further said that the "dictatorship" will end soon.
Taking to social media platform X, Sanjay Singh said, "Modi government is working on its Operation Lotus with full might. Ministers and MLAs are being arrested on false charges. ED is planning to arrest @KhanAmanatullah by framing a baseless case against him. The dictatorship will end soon. I am going to meet his family."
The AAP MP along with other party leaders reached Khan's residence to meet his family on Thursday night.
"I want to say this to PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in very clear words that their Operation Lotus will not be successful in Delhi...Your dictatorship will end soon. This matter has been going on since 2016 and the CBI filed a chargesheet and Amanatullah Khan was not arrested... Even the court told ED that it has no proof against Amanatullah Khan, despite this, he is being arrested," Singh told reporters.
"This conspiracy has been created to dismantle the Delhi government and break the party... AAP stands with Amanatullah Khan and his family... We haven't received any official information from the ED as of now," he added.
Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court declined to grant anticipatory bail to Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Waqf Board during his chairmanship.
But, the bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta also stated that Khan should not be arrested unless there is sufficient material against him. It cautioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against unnecessarily exercising the right to arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Earlier, the ED moved an application for the issuance of an open-ended, non-bailable warrant against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan.
Recently, the ED filed a charge sheet against four people and one firm in a case of alleged money laundering at the Delhi Waqf Board during the chairmanship of Amanat Ullah Khan.
ED has been sending summons to him to squeeze him in relation to Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case.
But, his anticipatory bail pleas have been dismissed by the trial court as well the High court.
The money laundering case against Khan stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR and three Delhi Police complaints.
The allegations against Khan concern his time as Chairman of the Waqf Board. He has been accused of illegally recruiting people in violation of the law and unfairly leasing Waqf Board properties during 2018-2022.
