Delhi HC denies anticipatory bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan
The HinduAn MLA or a public figure is not above the law of the land, the High Court here said on Monday while rejecting anticipatory bail to AAP legislator Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in staff recruitment for the Delhi Waqf Board during his chairmanship. The High Court also noted that Mr. Khan has “systematically and repeatedly avoided summons of the investigating agency”. “The material evidences so gathered during the course of investigation under the PMLA revealed that applicant Amanatullah Khan has acquired huge cash amounts, being the proceeds of crime out of criminal activities relating to his corrupt and illegal activities,” it said. The ED, which earlier conducted raids on the premises of the legislator, has claimed that Mr. Khan acquired “huge proceeds of crime” in cash through illegal recruitment of staff in the Delhi Waqf Board and invested those to purchase immovable assets in the name of his associates.