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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