Waqf case: Delhi court releases AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on bond of Rs 1 lakh

The Rouse Avenue court on Thursday declined cognizance against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a case related to an alleged money laundering in the purchase of a property worth Rs 36 crores.

The court directed to release him on bond of Rs 1 lakh. The court said that there was sufficient evidence against him but there was no sanction to prosecute him and declined the cognizance.

The ED had on October 29 filed a 110-page first supplementary prosecution complaint (ED's equivalent to a chargesheet), claiming Khan laundered money that was allegedly generated through corruption in the Delhi Waqf Board.

The charge sheet named one Mariam Siddiqui, who hasn't been arrested as an accused by the ED in the case.

The court also said that there is no evidence against Mariam Siddiqui. She has also been discharged.

Khan was arrested on September 2 under the provisions of the PMLA by the ED, which conducting a search at his house in Delhi's Okhla area.

The AAP MLA was accused of being "evasive" when questioned by the probe agency.

The money laundering probe against him stems from two FIRs -- the Central Bureau of Investigation's case in connection with the alleged irregularities in the Waqf Board and an alleged disproportionate assets case registered by the Delhi Police anti-corruption unit.

(With PTI inputs)