Money laundering case: AAP’s Amanatullah Khan illegally appointed members to Waqf Board, ED tells court

Special Judge Jitendra Singh of Rouse Avenue tribunal was proceeding the wealth laundering lawsuit related to amerciable recruitment made to the Waqf Board, successful transportation to which Khan was arrested successful September. The ED had filed the 110-page archetypal supplementary chargesheet connected October 29, claiming Khan laundered wealth allegedly generated done corruption successful the Waqf Board.

The agency, meanwhile, told the tribunal that a diary belonging to 1 of the accused could beryllium utilized arsenic grounds against Khan. “In his diary, Kausar Imam Siddiqui (an accused) had written Khan’s sanction aggregate times. Many transactions are mentioned successful the diary, and fiscal statements of the accused that we person analysed match,” said the ED, represented by G Subramaniyan, lawman manager for the agency, arsenic good arsenic peculiar nationalist prosecutors Manish Jain and Simon Benjamin.

When the tribunal asked the ED however it was connecting Khan with the case, the bureau said it was successful possession of WhatsApp chats that stated “Netaji (Khan) ko paisa pahauncha diya”. “A fiscal transaction matches the message,” the ED added, alleging Khan besides tampered with his phone.

The wealth laundering probe against Khan stems from 2 FIRs — the CBI’s lawsuit successful transportation with the alleged irregularities successful the Waqf Board and an alleged disproportionate assets lawsuit registered by the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB). While successful the CBI case, Khan was granted pre-arrest bail, successful the ACB case, helium was granted regular bail aft arrest.