Amanatullah Khan, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA, said on Monday morning that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrived at his residence to arrest him. In a video message, Khan stated that the investigation agency’s sole goal is to arrest and harass him.
“ED has arrived at my house to arrest me…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,” he wrote in a post on X in Hindi at around 6:30 am.
मेरे घर अभी ED के लोग mujhe गिरफ्तार करने के लिए पहुंचे hain
— Amanatullah Khan AAP (@KhanAmanatullah) September 2, 2024
Khan also said that he is ready to go to jail and believes that the court will give him justice.
अभी सुबह-सुबह तानाशाह के इशारे पर उनकी कटपुतली ED मेरे घर पर पहुँच चुकी है, मुझे और AAP नेताओं को परेशान करने में तानाशाह कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ रहा।
— Amanatullah Khan AAP (@KhanAmanatullah) September 2, 2024
ईमानदारी से अवाम की ख़िदमत करना गुनाह है?
आख़िर ये तानाशाही कब तक?#EDRaid #Okhla pic.twitter.com/iR2YN7Z9NL
Khan is under investigation in a money laundering case involving financial irregularities at the Delhi Waqf Board.
The purported arrest comes weeks after the Delhi High Court declined to halt the proceedings against Khan before the trial court for failing to comply with the summons issued to him in the Delhi Waqf Board matter and asked the ED to respond to Khan’s appeal.
Khan had sought to set aside the city court’s July 31 order, which upheld the magistrate court’s April 9 order issuing summons to him in a complaint filed by the ED alleging non-compliance of the summons by the agency in connection with the money laundering case.
On April 4, the ED filed a complaint against Khan under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) sections 190, read with Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 174 and Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) section 63(4) for not complying with summons issued to him under PMLA section 50, which grants the agency the power to issue summons.
Get the latest news updates and stay informed with FELA NEWS!
