Days after AAP MLA Sanjay Singh’s arrest, the Enforcement Directorate is now conducting searches at the premises of Delhi's AAP lawmaker Amanatullah Khan. According to reports which cited people aware of the development, the searches are being conducted as part of a money-laundering investigation. The searches are being undertaken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The visuals shared by news agencies show heavy security deployment outside Khan's Okhla residence where the raids are underway.
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00:00 Days after AAP MLA Sanjay Singh's arrest, another AAP leader comes back under the limelight.
00:07 According to reports, the Enforcement Directorate is now conducting searches at the premises
00:11 of Delhi's AAP lawmaker Amanatullah Khan.
00:14 Reports cited people aware of the development and said that the searches are being conducted
00:18 as part of a money laundering investigation.
00:21 The searches are being undertaken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
00:25 or PMLA.
00:27 The visuals shared by news agencies show heavy security deployment outside Khan's Okla residence
00:33 where the raids are underway.
00:34 Video of the raids.
01:04 Amanatullah Khan represents the Okla constituency and is also the Delhi Waqf Board Chairman.
01:09 According to reports, the Enforcement Directorate has taken cognisance of a Delhi Anti-Corruption
01:14 Bureau FIR and a Central Bureau of Investigation FIR against the legislator related to alleged
01:20 corruption linked to illegal appointments in the Delhi Waqf Board.
01:23 Khan was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch or ACB in September last year in a case connected
01:29 with alleged irregularities in appointment, misappropriation of funds and misuse of official
01:34 position as Chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board.
01:37 He was later granted bail by Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court.
01:40 According to the FIR, while working as Chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board, Khan had illegally
01:45 recruited 32 people in violation of norms and government guidelines.
01:49 The raid at Khan's residence comes days after AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh
01:54 was arrested on October 4 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering
01:59 case linked with the Delhi Liquor Policy.
02:01 Singh is the second high-profile leader after Manisha Sodia, a former Deputy Chief Minister,
02:06 to be held in this case.
02:08 It was considered a big jolt to Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party.
02:12 The party has termed Singh's arrest as a dictatorial step of the Narendra Modi government.
02:16 For more information, visit www.narendra.org.in.
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