On Monday, the Rouse Avenue Court remanded AAP MLA Amanat Ullah Khan to four days of Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in the Delhi Waqf Board Money Laundering case.
He has been arrested in connection with the alleged money laundering case linked with the purchase of a 1200-square-yard plot worth Rs 36 crore in Okhla. Special Judge Rakesh Syal granted four days of custody remand of Amanat Ullah Khan to ED. He is to be produced before the court on September 6.
ED had sought ten days remand. Khan was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court on September 2 after fresh arrest in the day. The court has also allowed the AAP MLA to have legal meetings, meetings with family, home-cooked food and medicine during the ED custody. Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) Manish Jain and Simon Benjamin, along with Snehal Sharda, appeared for the ED.
The agency said that Amanat Ullah is the main accused in the case and the proceeds of crime are laundered through the purchase of land. It’s also said that a prosecution complaint has already been filed. Four accused were arrested earlier and cognizance has been taken. SPP Manish Jain submitted that the anticipatory bail of accused Amanat Ullah Khan was dismissed. It was also submitted that 14 summons were issued to him and the accused was in defiance of the summons.
ED said the property in question was worth Rs 36 crores but an agreement to sell it was fabricated to show that it was worth Rs 13.4 crores. It was submitted that Rs 4 crores were paid, and the rest amount was paid through the banking channel.
Further, it was submitted that another agreement to sell was recovered from the mobile of one of the accused. In this agreement, the consideration price of the property was Rs 36 crores. ED said that out of the said amount, Rs 9 crores were paid through banking channels, and Rs 27 crores were paid in cash. Accused Amanat Ullah Khan paid Rs 8 crores and the remaining amount was paid through other accused persons.
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