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Who is Amanatullah Khan

Born in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, Amanatullah Khan is a politician affiliated to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He represents the Okhla constituency in the sixth Delhi legislative Assembly. In the 2015 Delhi election, Amanatullah defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Braham Singh by a massive margin of over 60,000 votes.
 
Before joining the AAP, Khan had contested the 2013 Delhi election, unsuccessfully, on a Lok Jan Shakti Party ticket.
 
Amanatullah Khan has been in the eye of the storm throughout his Assembly, being regularly targetted by Opposition parties. Most recently, a BJP leader wrote to the Delhi Police and filed a complaint against the AAP leader for allegedly inciting people during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Several reports claimed that numerous AAP leaders had also written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for Amanatullah Khan’s removal from party ranks.
 
The Delhi Police had arrested Khan in July 2016 after a woman alleged that the MLA threatened to kill her when she visited his house with a complaint about power cuts. Months later, he was again arrested over a complaint of sexual harassment by his brother-in-law’s wife. He has also been questioned over an alleged recruitment scam in the Delhi Waqf Board by the anti-corruption Bureau.
 
In May 2017, Khan was suspended for attacking Kumar Vishwas after he was forced to resign from AAP's political affairs committee to make room for Vishwas. On 20 February 2018, a case was filed against Khan and fellow legislator Prakash Jarwal for assaulting Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.
 
Delhi Assembly election 2020
 
For the 2020 Delhi election, the AAP has again fielded Amanatullah Khan from Okhla, a seat he had won in 2015 with a 62.57 per cent vote share against the BJP’s Braham Singh (23.84 per cent) and the Congress’ Asif Mohd Khan (12.08 per cent). This time, while the BJP has retained Braham Singh as its candidate from Okhla, the Congress has yet to announce its candidate.

Latest Updates on Amanatullah Khan

"All AAP leaders are out now. The truth cannot be defeated and we are going to contest the Delhi elections with full strength," Gopal Rai said

Updated On: 14 Nov 2024 | 6:33 PM IST

Directing Khan be released on a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh, Special Judge Jitendra Singh of Rouse Avenue court said that there was sufficient evidence to proceed but no prosecution sanction obtained

Updated On: 14 Nov 2024 | 3:07 PM IST

ED has arrested the 50-year-old legislator from Okhla on Monday after conducting a search at his house. He was produced before a local court the same day that sent him to four-day custody

Updated On: 03 Sep 2024 | 3:50 PM IST

'Four-day ED custody, to be produced on September 6,' said the judge who had earlier reserved its order on the ED's application

Updated On: 02 Sep 2024 | 11:45 PM IST

The ED on Monday arrested Khan, the MLA from Delhi's Okhla, in a money laundering case against him and some others linked to him,

Updated On: 02 Sep 2024 | 10:49 PM IST

The ED produced Khan before Special Judge Rakesh Syal, where it is likely to seek his custody in the case

Updated On: 02 Sep 2024 | 5:56 PM IST

The 50-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from the Okhla assembly seat was questioned by the central agency for about 13 hours last week

Updated On: 27 Apr 2024 | 10:32 PM IST

As per CBI's charges, Khan had acquired huge proceeds of crime in cash through the illegal recruitment of staff in the Delhi Waqf Board

Updated On: 18 Apr 2024 | 10:47 PM IST

The money laundering case against Khan stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR and three Delhi Police complaints

Updated On: 18 Apr 2024 | 12:58 PM IST

The Okhla MLA had approached the Delhi High Court after his application for anticipatory bail in the case was rejected by a trial court on March 1

Updated On: 15 Apr 2024 | 2:06 PM IST

The money laundering case against Khan stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR and three Delhi Police complaints

Updated On: 14 Apr 2024 | 2:56 PM IST

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra has summoned Khan on April 20 in the case

Updated On: 11 Apr 2024 | 7:15 AM IST

During the arguments, the ED opposed the application and claimed that Khan may not cooperate in the investigation if he is granted pre-arrest bail

Updated On: 24 Feb 2024 | 7:59 PM IST

However during the hearing Justice Rekha Palli questioned the maintainability of the plea

Updated On: 01 Feb 2024 | 1:45 PM IST

Khan, the 49-year-old legislator who represents the Okhla constituency in the Delhi assembly, has not been named as an accused

Updated On: 09 Jan 2024 | 2:57 PM IST

ED had alleged that Khan acquired "huge proceeds of crime" in cash from illegal recruitment of staff in Delhi Waqf Board and invested these for purchasing immovable assets in name of his associates

Updated On: 11 Nov 2023 | 6:53 PM IST

The 49-year-old legislator represents the Okhla constituency in the Delhi Assembly

Updated On: 10 Oct 2023 | 11:25 PM IST

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan's close aide Hamid Ali Khan, who was arrested after a raid by the Anti-Corruption Branch last week.

Updated On: 22 Sep 2022 | 7:40 AM IST

Special Judge Vikas Dhull passed the order on a plea moved by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), which said it needed to interrogate Khan for a thorough investigation.

Updated On: 17 Sep 2022 | 10:20 PM IST

Reacting to Khan's arrest, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused the BJP of continuing with its "Operation Lotus" to "break" AAP leaders away from the party.

Updated On: 17 Sep 2022 | 8:09 PM IST