AAP’s Amanatullah Khan says ED officials reached his house to arrest him
of AAP Amanatullah Khan Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials claimed to have reached his house to arrest him on Monday morning.
“ED people came to my house to arrest me,” he posted on X.
Speaking to ANI, the AAP MLA said, “It is 7 am. The ED has come to my residence to arrest me under a search warrant. My mother-in-law has been diagnosed with cancer. She has undergone an operation. I approached them (ED) four days ago. Wrote and responded to each notice.
“Their sole purpose is to arrest me and to kill us (AAP) work. For the last two years these people have been harassing me, filing false cases against me. Every day, they are creating some kind of problem not only for me but for my entire team…”
“We will not bow down to them, we will not fear them, they will send us to jail. I am hopeful that we will get justice this time too as we got justice in court earlier…,” he added.
The case is linked to allegations of money laundering against Khan. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR and the Delhi Police has three complaints.
The agency named five people in its prosecution complaint (equivalent to a charge sheet by ED) which included three alleged associates of Khan – Zeeshan Haider, Dawood Nasir and Javed Imam Siddiqui.
Abuse of any organization is wrong: Congress
Speaking on the issue, Congress Joint Secretary Sushant Mishra said, “Misuse of an agency is wrong. It is not right to use it for wrong purposes. Agencies were created from the beginning to do good work but you see this happening. There have been misuses at many places, What is their intention and whether they are raiding or not and what is in it, but if the intention is wrong, then it is a very wrong thing to do.
The ED, which had earlier raided the MLA’s premises, claimed that Khan had earned “huge proceeds of crime” in cash by illegally recruiting workers. Delhi Waqf Board And they invested in the purchase of immovable assets in the name of his associates.
Investigations were conducted into illegal recruitment of staff and illegal personal gain by the accused by wrongfully leasing Wakf Board properties when Khan was its chairperson during 2018-2022, the ED said.
Several “incriminating” materials in the form of physical and digital evidence were seized during the raids, which indicated Khan’s involvement in money laundering, the ED said.
In March, the high court had denied anticipatory bail to the AAP legislator in the case, while denying the public’s repeated evasion of summons by investigating agencies.
