Fresh trouble mounts for Okhla AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, as a Delhi court on Monday framed charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against him and 10 others in a case involving alleged irregularities in recruitment to the Delhi Waqf Board.
The order was passed by Special Judge (PC Act) Dig Vinay Singh at the Rouse Avenue Courts.
A detailed copy of the judgement is awaited.
Besides Amanatullah, Mahboob Alam, Hamid Akhtar, Kifayatullah Khan, Rafisshan Khan, Imran Ali, Md Ahrar, Aquib Jawed, Azhar Khan, Zakir Khan, and Abudul Mannar have also been charged in the case, according to a report by Bar And Bench.
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court frames charges against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and 10 other accused persons in a case related to alleged irregularities in the appointment of CEO and other employees, posted news agency ANI on X. The court has framed charges Amanatullah Khan and Mehboob Alam for the offences of conspiracy and corruption. The other nine accused have been charged for the offence of conspiracy, it said.
Delhi Waqf Board case | Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court frames charges against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and 10 other accused persons in a case related to alleged irregularities in the appointment of CEO and other employees.
The court has framed charges Amanatullah Khan and Mehboob…
— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2025
The CBI has alleged that Amanatullah Khan, during his tenure as chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board from 2016 to 2021, abused his official position to make a series of illegal appointments, including that of Mahboob Alam as the Board’s CEO.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also probing the money laundering angle in the case.
Amanatullah Khan could not be reached for comment. He currently serves as the MLA from Okhla and has retained the seat for three consecutive terms on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket, cementing his influence in the constituency. However, his party recently suffered a major setback in the Delhi Assembly elections, losing to the BJP. In a significant blow, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal himself failed to retain his MLA seat, marking a turning point in the party’s political fortunes.
The development follows the recent filing of a supplementary chargesheet by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), naming Amanatullah Khan as the prime accused in the case. Earlier, in February, a Delhi court had granted him anticipatory bail in an ‘obstruction of arrest’ case, upon furnishing a bond of ₹25,000 along with one surety of the same amount.
Following his arrest in September 2024, Amanatullah who was then escorted out of his house by police personnel and ED sleuths had said: “I am innocent.”
On November 14, 2024, Delhi court had granted bail to him in Waqf Board case.
Today's update on the case
“Promoting the interest of near & dear ones, nepotism, as revealed from the facts of this case, is also a form of corruption,” Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts said.
“Promoting the interest of near & dear ones, nepotism, as revealed from the facts of this case, is also a form of corruption,” Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts said.
“The discussion as above, prima facie strongly indicates that most of the appointments were given to the near & dear ones of A-1 (Khan). Thus, it cannot be claimed by A-1 that he did not abuse his position to obtain pecuniary advantages for other persons, i.e., the persons so appointed, or that prima facie there was no dishonest intention. So cannot A-2,” the court said, reported livelaw.in.
The chargesheet was filed by CBI in August 2022 for commission of offence of criminal conspiracy under section 120B of IPC read with sections 13(2) and 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The CBI alleged that a loss of Rs. 27,20,494 was caused to the Government exchequer in the form of salaries or other emoluments, which was paid to the employees. However, none of the accused persons was arrested by the probe agency during investigation.
