New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan again next week in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board during his chairmanship, official sources reported on Saturday.

Khan has been asked to appear on April 29 to continue the recording of his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The 50-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from the Okhla assembly seat was questioned by the central agency for about 13 hours last week. In a related development, a Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Khan in this money laundering case for allegedly evading its earlier summons.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Divya Malhotra granted bail to Khan on a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and one surety of the like amount after he appeared before the court. AAP leader and Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi had earlier stated that the Enforcement Directorate case against Khan was "fake" and reiterated the party's support for its legislator. Khan's first deposition on April 18 came after the Supreme Court refused to entertain his anticipatory bail application in this case, directing him to join the investigation.

Speaking to reporters before entering the Enforcement Directorate office on that day, Khan claimed that he followed the rules when he was the chairman of the Waqf Board and did everything after taking legal opinion and in accordance with the new Act for the board that came into effect in 2013. The money laundering case against Khan and his alleged associates stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR and three complaints filed by the Delhi Police.

The Enforcement Directorate, which had conducted raids on his premises, alleged that Khan acquired "huge proceeds of crime" in cash through the illegal recruitment of staff in the Delhi Waqf Board and invested those to purchase immovable assets in the name of his associates. The agency claimed that "illegal recruitment" of staff took place in the Waqf Board and "illegal personal gains" were made by unfairly leasing the Waqf Board properties during Khan's chairmanship (2018-2022).

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