New Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Okhla, Delhi, Amanatullah Khan claimed on Monday morning that ED team has come to arrest him. Amanatullah Khan is accused of committing a scam while being the chairman of Delhi Waqf Board. CBI had started investigation in this case. Amanatullah Khan was also arrested by CBI in the Waqf Board scam case. Later Amanatullah Khan got bail. After Amanatullah Khan claimed that ED has come to arrest him, politics has also heated up. See what Delhi’s former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh said and how Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor reacted to this.
Just now early in the morning, at the behest of the dictator, his puppet ED has reached my house, the dictator is leaving no stone unturned in harassing me and AAP leaders.
Is it a crime to serve the people honestly?
How long will this dictatorship last?#EDRaid #Okhla pic.twitter.com/iR2YN7Z9NL
— Amanatullah Khan AAP (@KhanAmanatullah) September 2, 2024
This is the only work left for ED. Suppress every voice raised against BJP. Break it. Arrest and put in jail those who do not break or get suppressed. https://t.co/5XiGraftHV
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) September 2, 2024
#WATCH AAP MP Sanjay Singh says “Even though the ED is being repeatedly reprimanded by the Supreme Court, even though they are being repeatedly warned that they should not conduct investigation with malice and their only aim is to keep people in jail. Despite this, today ED… https://t.co/cbjFYDnRh5 pic.twitter.com/6gj0AgWnLF
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2024
one reaps what one sows@KhanAmanatullah I wish you had remembered that.@BJP4Delhi https://t.co/2ykzVvvcLn
— Praveen Shankar Kapoor (@praveenskapoor) September 2, 2024
Now let us tell you what is the allegation of Waqf Board scam on Amanatullah Khan. Amanatullah Khan had made appointments in the board while being the chairman of Delhi Waqf Board for the first time. Then in 2018, when Amanatullah Khan became the Delhi Waqf Board chairman again, he appointed 32 people. It is alleged that Amanatullah Khan gave jobs to his close relatives and 24 people from Okhla in Delhi Waqf Board. It is also alleged that Amanatullah Khan also kept people from his village in Delhi Waqf Board. The Finance Department of Delhi Government also made allegations against Amanatullah Khan. After which Amanatullah Khan left the post of Chairman of Delhi Waqf Board. Amanatullah Khan is also accused of illegally renting out the properties of Delhi Waqf Board. Apart from this, Amanatullah Khan is also accused of investing in real estate by getting money from the appointments made in Delhi Waqf Board. In this case, ED had sent summons to Amanatullah Khan under money laundering.
#WATCH Delhi: Visuals from outside the residence of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan.
He claimed that ED officials have arrived at his residence to arrest him. pic.twitter.com/T4oFDByZQy
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2024
#WATCH Delhi: Visuals from outside the residence of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan, who claimed that ED has arrived at his residence to arrest him. pic.twitter.com/W31PhcMjxi
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2024
After CM Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Satyendra Jain, Amanatullah Khan is among those Aam Aadmi Party leaders who have been accused of corruption. Arvind Kejriwal and Satyendra Jain are currently in jail. Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh have come out on bail after being in jail. Whereas, Amanatullah Khan has already spent a few days in jail. Amanatullah Khan has been continuously clarifying that he did not commit any scam in Delhi Waqf Board. He says that he is being framed as part of a political conspiracy. Other Aam Aadmi Party leaders embroiled in scams have also been saying the same thing.
