New Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party’s Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, who is involved in the recruitment scam in Delhi Waqf Board, has received a big blow from the Supreme Court. Amanatullah Khan had applied for anticipatory bail in the Supreme Court. After hearing the application of Amanatullah Khan, the Supreme Court asked him to appear before the ED. After hearing the application of Amanatullah Khan, the bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta gave these orders to the Aam Aadmi Party MLA.
The money laundering case against Amanatullah Khan is based on the CBI FIR and three complaints lodged with the Delhi Police. ED had earlier also raided the premises of Amanatullah Khan. The investigating agency claims that Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan illegally recruited employees in Delhi Waqf Board. ED has accused Amanatullah Khan of receiving the proceeds of crime in cash from this illegal recruitment. ED says Amanatullah Khan used the proceeds of crime to buy immovable property in the name of his associates. In this case, Amanatullah Khan had approached the Supreme Court for anticipatory bail. According to the allegation, this recruitment scam took place when Amanatullah Khan was the chairman of Delhi Waqf Board.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan was given a shock by the Delhi High Court on March 11 in this case. Delhi High Court had clearly refused to grant relief to Amanatullah Khan in the money laundering case. Delhi High Court had also termed Amanatullah Khan’s method of not appearing on the summons issued by the investigating agencies as wrong. Delhi High Court had refused to grant anticipatory bail to Amanatullah Khan. The court had said that the Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Okhla did not appear before the ED even after receiving 6 summons. The High Court had said that MLAs should also know that action will be taken if they do not follow the law. The court had also said that all citizens are equal in the eyes of law.