Court orders release of Amanatullah Khan in Delhi Waqf case
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New Delhi: A court here on Thursday ordered the freedom of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case involving alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board case while declining to hear a chargesheet submitted against him.
Special Judge Jitendra Singh said while there is sufficient evidence against Khan to proceed against him, there was no sanction to prosecute him, PTI reported.
"Therefore, the cognisance is declined," the judge said.
The court directed that Khan be released from judicial custody forthwith on a bail bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of the like amount.
The ED had on October 29 filed a 110-page first supplementary prosecution complaint (ED's equivalent of a chargesheet), claiming Khan laundered money that was allegedly generated through corruption in the Delhi Waqf Board.
The chargesheet had also named one Mariam Siddiqui, who was not arrested as an accused by the ED in the case.
The court said there was no evidence to proceed against Siddiqui and discharged her.