Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Amanatullah Khan on Wednesday withdrew his plea from Delhi High Court challenging Enforcement Directorate (ED) case against him in the alleged Delhi waqf board recruitment scam. A Division Bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Rajnish Bhatnagar allowed the withdrawal of the case today.“Dismissed as withdrawn,” the Court said.Amanatullah Khan had approached the High Court challenging the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR against him, and the ED proceedings.He had also sought directions to read down Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The money laundering case against him relates to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment. It is alleged that when Khan was the Chairman of the Waqf Board, he illegally recruited people in violation of the law.The ACB booked him in the case and subsequently, the ED proceedings began.It was Khan's case that the proceedings against him are a "classic case of harassment and persecution" and even the CBI has said that there was no exchange of money.He said that no proceeds of crime have been identified either in the predicate offence or the PMLA case.On February 1, the High Court had refused to stay the summons issued by the ED to Khan.When the matter came up for hearing today, Khan withdrew his plea.
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