NEW DELHI: A Delhi court will review the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) latest supplementary charge sheet on the alleged Delhi Waqf Board money laundering case involving AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.
The chargesheet, spanning 110 pages, includes fresh allegations and was filed on October 29, highlighting transactions around a property purchase in Okhla allegedly funded by laundered money.
Special Judge Jitendra Singh, on Monday, scheduled the charge sheet for further consideration on November 6, after seeking clarification on several details from ED prosecutor Simon Benjamin and the investigation officer. Co-accused Mariam Siddiqui was also named in the charge sheet, though she has not been arrested.
The investigation revolves around the purchase of a 1,200-square-yard plot in Okhla, valued at Rs 36 crore. The ED says the sale agreement was fabricated to undervalue the property at Rs 13.4 crore.
The agency claims that Rs 4 crore was paid upfront, with the rest compensated through other arrangements. An agreement with a higher sale price was later recovered from a mobile device of one of the accused, revealing the alleged original property value.
Khan was initially taken into custody on September 2 with the ED calling him the “main conspirator” behind the scheme. Investigators allege that proceeds from this transaction were laundered in part through cash payments totalling Rs 27 crore, with Khan contributing Rs 8 crore.
The ED also uncovered financial records kept by another accused, Qausar Imam Siddiqui, documenting high-value transactions linked to the case. Forensic analysis confirmed that Siddiqui personally documented these records.
Also, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and CBI have been involved in parallel probes, focusing on alleged misuse of funds and corrupt practices within the Delhi Waqf Board under Khan’s tenure.