Amanatullah Khan took public funds meant for Delhi riot victims: ED

The wealth laundering lawsuit of ED pertains to alleged irregularities committed during Khan’s tenure arsenic the president of the Delhi Waqf Board betwixt 2016-2021. The 50-year-old MLA represents the Okhla spot successful the Delhi assembly.

The bureau besides accused Khan of not disclosing “complete details” astir dependents successful his predetermination affidavit.
“Amanatullah Khan, without taking immoderate support from the Delhi Waqf Board, floated ‘Delhi Waqf Board Relief Committee’.

“In bid to solicit funds successful the sanction of Delhi riot victims, Khan opened an unauthorized slope relationship successful the sanction of Delhi Waqf Board Relief Committee and immoderate of the funds obtained from the nationalist were withdrawn successful currency nether the directions of Khan and were handed implicit to him,” the bureau said.

The Delhi riots took spot successful February, 2020.

Khan, according to the ED, did not furnish “the implicit details of his dependents” successful the predetermination affidavit filed by him.

“Maryam Siddiqui was joined to Amanatullah Khan and is simply a implicit babelike of Amanatullah Khan. It is to beryllium mentioned that she does not person immoderate known root of income and has not filed immoderate Income Tax Returns,” it said.
Investigation found, the ED said, an immovable spot worthy Rs 19 lakh was purchased by Khan successful 2020 “in the sanction of his 2nd woman Smt Maryam Siddiqui and outgo for the aforesaid was made partially successful currency and partially from the magnitude received from his adjacent subordinate Zeeshan Haider”.

The bureau alleged that Khan on with his associates similar Haider and Daud Nasir were “managing” the “ill-gotten money” of the MLA during his tenure arsenic the president of the Delhi Waqf Board and utilized the aforesaid to marque “cash payments” via Kausar Imam Siddiqui (Khan’s alleged money manager) for purchasing a spot astatine 275-276, TTI Tikona Park successful Okhla area. This spot belonged to Jawed Imam Siddiqui.

It claimed a seized achromatic diary “handwritten” by Kausar Imam Siddiqui showed that currency payments to the tune of Rs 27 crore were made by the adjacent associates of Khan for the acquisition of this spot astatine Tikona Park.
The ED said it recovered “huge amounts of suspicious currency deposits” successful the slope accounts of seller Jawed Imam Siddiqui and his wife.

Khan, Haider, Daud Nasir, Kausar Imam Siddiqui and Jawed Imam Siddiqui were arrested successful this lawsuit by the ED and they are lodged successful jailhouse presently nether judicial custody.

The archetypal complaint expanse successful this case, against each these accused but Khan, was filed by the ED successful January.

The wealth laundering probe against Khan stems from 2 FIRs — the Central Bureau of Investigation’s lawsuit successful transportation with the alleged irregularities successful the Waqf Board and an alleged disproportionate assets lawsuit registered by the Delhi constabulary anti-corruption unit.