NEW DELHI: The Delhi Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Aam Aadmi Party leader Amanatullah Khan for his alleged involvement in a case of Prevention of the Corruption Act in managing affairs of the Delhi Waqf Board. Earlier, the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch searched AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s home and other sites on Friday and found Rs 12 lakh and an unauthorised weapon. The ACB is probing alleged irregularities in the recruitment in the Delhi Waqf board. On Thursday, it gave Khan notice that he would be interrogated on the two-year-old corruption probe. In connection with a 2020 case filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Okhla MLA was requested to appear in person for questioning on Friday at 12 pm. Khan, the chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board, had tweeted about the notice, claiming he has been summoned as he built a new Waqf board office. मुझे पूछताछ के लिए #ACB दफ़्तर बुलाया गया और पीछे से मेरे घरवालों को प्रताड़ित करने दिल्ली पुलिस को भेजा गया।… https://t.co/f9vNZzJpSs— Amanatullah Khan AAP (@KhanAmanatullah) 1663324228000A senior official said the searches were conducted on Friday at the house of Khan and his other locations. From one of the locations, Rs 12 lakh cash, an unlicensed weapon and some cartridges were seized, the official said. Earlier, the ACB had written to the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat demanding that Khan be removed as the Delhi Waqf Board chairman for allegedly hampering a probe by “bullying” witnesses in a case against him.
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